Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Immune responses for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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S. Vesenbeckh, T. Bergmann, H. Mauch, H. Rüssmann, N. Schönfeld, T. Blum, T. Bauer (Berlin, Germany). Patients with culture positive active tuberculosis but negative "QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube Test" (QFT) – A critical view on the cut-off in clinical praxis. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 282

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