Source: Annual Congress 2010 - What is new in the diagnosis of tuberculosis?
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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H. Stavri, N. Bucurenci, K. Dobos, I. Ulea, A. Costache, A. Wieczorek (Bucharest, Romania; Ft Collins, United States Of America). Recombinant PPD proteins to be used as specific skin test for tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 4995

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