Source: International Congress 2015 – Latent TB infection and screening
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Hee Jin Kim (Chungwongun, Republic of Korea), Hee Jin Kim, Soo Yeon Oh, Jin Beom Lee, Yeon Sook Seo, Mi Hyeun Kim, Mi Sun Park. Tuberculin skin testing to the IGRA positive contacts of infectious tuberculosis cases for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 1447

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