Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Screening and diagnosis of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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M. Ilic, G. Popovic, V. Kuruc, S. Pavlovic (Sremska Kamenica, Serbia And Montenegro). Is PPD still a screening diagnostic tool for tuberculosis alone, or for something else also?. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 237

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