Source: Annual Congress 2007 - New perspectives and old problems in diagnosing tuberculosis infection and disease
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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O. Elbek, S. Borekci, M. Uyar, N. Bayram, H. Bayram, O. Dikensoy (Gaziantep, Turkey). Isoniazid protection and risk of tuberculosis in patients who used anti tumor necrosis factor-alpha treatment. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 1775

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