Cytokine profiling of specific T cells in patients after BCG-therapy allows distinction between patients with primary infection and prior contact

J. Elsässer, M. Janssen, U. Sester, F. Becker, H. Suttmann, C. Ohlmann, K. Schmitt, M. Stöckle, M. Sester (Homburg, Neunkirchen, Hamburg, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection
Session: Immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1989
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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J. Elsässer, M. Janssen, U. Sester, F. Becker, H. Suttmann, C. Ohlmann, K. Schmitt, M. Stöckle, M. Sester (Homburg, Neunkirchen, Hamburg, Germany). Cytokine profiling of specific T cells in patients after BCG-therapy allows distinction between patients with primary infection and prior contact. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 1989

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