Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculosis: epidemiological and public health features
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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N. Altet, I. Latorre, M. De Souza, M. A. Jimenez, C. Mila, J. Solsona, E. Lara, M. D. Ferrer, J. Caylà, J. A. Dominguez Benitez (Badalona Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain). LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Agreement between Quantiferon-TB-Gold In Tube, T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin testing for diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in a contact tracing study. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 2858

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