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A rare case of false-negative: Limitations of nucleic acid amplification tests in diagnosing tuberculous peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients Repeat in-house MTB-PCR on the original smear-positive specimen was still negative, but AFB culture on both the original smear-positive specimen and the second MTB-PCR-positive sample finally confirmed MTB. Recent cases reports have described negative effluent MTB-PCR, combined with positive effluent AFB smears, as early clues to NTM peritonitis, including that of I Mycobacterium abscessus i and I Mycobacterium iranicum i . [Extracted from the article]