title: Healthcare worker with "pertussis": consequences of a false-positive polymerase chain reaction test result.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. dweber@unch.unc.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Melissa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Rebecca H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Vickie M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rutala
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000175:diagnosis*