Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Gamma-interferon-based tests to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Y. Kobashi, K. Mouri, Y. Obase, N. Miyashita, M. Oka (Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan). Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and two commercial blood tests for diagnosing active mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and nontuberculous mycobacterium infection. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 263

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