Source: Annual Congress 2007 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and problems in tuberculosis care
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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D. Goletti, M. P. Parracino, O. Butera, F. Bizzoni, S. Carrara, D. Vincenti, D. Dainotto, G. Anzidei, E. Girardi (Rome, Italy). IFN-gamma production in response to RD1 assays correlate with TST size and with the frequency of exposure to the index case in contacts recently exposed to mycobacterium tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 1694

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