Pseudo-Outbreak of Pertussis Attributable to False Positive PCR Results From Clinic Contamination of Specimens

Sema Mandal, MBBS, MPH1, Pamela Cassiday2, Amanda E. Faulkner2, Matthew Griffith2, Michael Jackson2, Kathleen M. Tatti2, Lucia Pawloski2, Denise Woods-Stout3, Meghan Barnes3, Bari Wagner4, Kate Lujan3, Michelle Bonkosky2, Monte D. Martin2, Kathryn O'Connell2, Amber Schmidtke2, M. Lucia Tondella2, Amanda Cohn2, Thomas A. Clark2, Nancy Messonnier, MD2 and Stacey W. Martin2, 1Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases, DBD, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, 2Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases, DBD, NCIRD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 3Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4San Juan Basin Health Department