Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis contact screening
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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A. Sorete Arbore, V. Cojocariu, C. Petrovici, C. Vartolomei, C. Manciuc, A. Lazar, C. Sandu (Iasi, Harlau, Romania). QuantiFERON TB gold – a new component of follow up in TB contacts from vulnerable groups. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 488

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