Source: School Course 2012 - TB and M/XDR-TB: from clinical management to control and elimination
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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C. Lange (Bostel, Germany), D. Goletti (Rome, Italy). Clinical management of LTBI (PDF)// IGRAs for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (PPT). School Course 2012 - TB and M/XDR-TB: from clinical management to control and elimination

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