False Positive Reactions

"False Positive Reactions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when screening in the detection of disease. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID	D005189
MeSH Number(s)	E01.354.506
Concept/Terms	False Positive Reactions False Positive Reactions False Positive Reaction Positive Reaction, False Positive Reactions, False Reaction, False Positive Reactions, False Positive

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Errors [E01.354]
False Positive Reactions [E01.354.506]

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Bar chart showing 83 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2010 and 2014 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
2002	0	6	6
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	5	5
2005	0	6	6
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	6	6
2008	0	4	4
2009	0	5	5
2010	0	7	7
2011	0	3	3
2012	0	2	2
2013	0	5	5
2014	0	7	7
2015	1	6	7
2016	1	2	3
2017	0	3	3
2018	0	2	2
2019	1	1	2
2020	0	3	3
2021	0	1	1
2024	0	1	1

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Callaghan K, Rappaport DI. False-Positive Urine Drug Screen for Benzodiazepines in a Child Taking Fluoxetine. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 05 01; 37(5):e283.

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Al-Khersan H, Russell JF, Lazzarini TA, Scott NL, Hinkle JW, Patel NA, Yannuzzi NA, Fowler BJ, Hussain RM, Barikian A, Sridhar J, Russell SR, Haddock LJ, Smiddy WE, Hariprasad SM, Shi Y, Wang L, Feuer W, Gregori G, Rosenfeld PJ. Comparison Between Graders in Detection of Diabetic Neovascularization With Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and Fluorescein Angiography. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 04; 224:292-300.

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Alnahhas I, Rayi A, Thomas D, Ong S, Giglio P, Puduvalli V. False-positive 1p/19q Testing Results in Gliomas: Clinical and Research Consequences. Am J Clin Oncol. 2020 11; 43(11):802-805.

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Rattani S, Farooqi J, Jabeen G, Chandio S, Kash Q, Khan A, Jabeen K. Evaluation of semi-quantitative compared to quantitative cultures of tracheal aspirates for the yield of culturable respiratory pathogens - a cross-sectional study. BMC Pulm Med. 2020 Oct 29; 20(1):284.

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Vivero A, Kitahara S, Runge A, Volod O. Consultative Interpretation for Lupus Anticoagulant by Expert Pathologist Reduces False-Positive Rates in the Era of Direct Oral Anticoagulants. J Appl Lab Med. 2020 01 01; 5(1):73-82.

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Stempel JM, Mora Carpio AL, Puga D, Perloff S. False positive fourth generation HIV test in a patient with severe malaria. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jun; 83:86-87.

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Wang M, Shen LQ, Pasquale LR, Petrakos P, Formica S, Boland MV, Wellik SR, De Moraes CG, Myers JS, Saeedi O, Wang H, Baniasadi N, Li D, Tichelaar J, Bex PJ, Elze T. An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Detect Visual Field Progression in Glaucoma Based on Spatial Pattern Analysis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 01 02; 60(1):365-375.

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Sheridan AD, Nath SK, Aneja S, Syed JS, Pahade J, Mathur M, Sprenkle P, Weinreb JC, Spektor M. MRI-Ultrasound Fusion Targeted Biopsy of Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2 Category 5 Lesions Found False-Positive at Multiparametric Prostate MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 May; 210(5):W218-W225.

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Okroj KT, Calkins TE, Kayupov E, Kheir MM, Bingham JS, Beauchamp CP, Parvizi J, Della Valle CJ. The Alpha-Defensin Test for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection in the Setting of an Adverse Local Tissue Reaction Secondary to a Failed Metal-on-Metal Bearing or Corrosion at the Head-Neck Junction. J Arthroplasty. 2018 06; 33(6):1896-1898.

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Gupta L, Gupta RK, Postma AA, Sahoo P, Gupta PK, Patir R, Ahlawat S, Saha I, Backes WH. Advanced and amplified BOLD fluctuations in high-grade gliomas. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 06; 47(6):1616-1625.

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