Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (4) 00258-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00258-2018
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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Javier Leonardo Galindo, Adriana Catalina Galeano, David Alfonso Suarez-Zamora, Ana Milena Callejas, Mónica Patricia Caicedo-Verástegui, Darío Londoño, Luis Gerardo García-Herreros, Aylen Vanessa Ospina-Serrano, Alfredo Saavedra, Plutarco Garcíaherreros, Diana María Palacios, Margarita Baldión. Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB and tuberculin skin test for detection of latent tuberculosis infection in cancer patients in a developing country. ERJ Open Res, 5 (4) 00258-2018; 10.1183/23120541.00258-2018

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