Implementing an IGRA (interferon-gamma release assay) based TB screening pathway prior to starting biological treatments – Experience from a UK university hospital

Subashini Chandrapalan (Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom), Subashini Chandrapalan, Ashwin Rajhan, Sven Lehm, Sarah Goddard, Amanda Middleton

Source: International Congress 2016 – Epidemiological insights into tuberculosis pathogenesis
Session: Epidemiological insights into tuberculosis pathogenesis
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2743
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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