Source: Annual Congress 2009 - From bench to bedside: diagnosis of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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J. C. Choi, J. Y. Kim, I. W. Park, B. W. Choi, J. W. Shin (Seoul, Republic Of Korea). Usefulness of CT, whole-blood interferon-g assay and sputum TB-PCR in the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 1685

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