Source: Annual Congress 2007 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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U. Mack, T. Hodapp, U. Sester, H. Köhler, M. Sester, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg, Saar, Germany). Comparison of Mendel-Mantoux skin test and detection of specific CD4-T-cells with an IFN-γ assay in whole blood. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 4449

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