Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New tools in tuberculosis diagnosis
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections



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S. Carrara, O. Butera, V. Vanini, M. P. Parracino, G. Anzidei, D. Dainotto, G. Ippolito, E. Girardi, D. Goletti (Rome, Italy). Use of quantiFERON TB gold in tube to detect LTBI and to monitor prophylaxis in children recently exposed to M.tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 4179

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