Source: International Congress 2015 – Biomarkers in TB: immunology and physiology
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Claudia Jafari (Hamburg, Germany), Claudia Jafari, Martin Ernst, Christoph Lange, Barbara Kalsdorf. High diagnostic accuracy of immunodiagnosis in sputum smear/PCR-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 4528

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