Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis and LTBI
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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M. Bugiani, P. Piccioni, M. P. Forneris, L. Fabbro, E. Migliore, A. Carosso (Turin, Italy). Comparison of tuberculin skin test with an interferon-gamma based test in detecting candidates to latent tuberculosis infection treatment. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 1650

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