Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Clinical immunology of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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R. M. Díaz Campos, V. Villena Garrido, M. D. Hisado Díaz, I. Escribano Gimeno, C. Vargas, A. López Encuentra (Madrid, Spain). Interferon gamma in pleural fluid for diagnosing tuberculosis. A comparison between 2 techniques: RIA and ELISA. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 2572

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