Urinary neopterin levels discriminate active from latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

M. Eisenhut, D. Hargreaves, A. Scott, D. Housley, A. Walters, R. Mulla, P. Kanthapillai, J. Ramsay, O. Eikenberg, R. Edelmann (Luton, London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Novel strategies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session: Novel strategies for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4388
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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