Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New tools in tuberculosis diagnosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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J. P. Janssens, P. Roux-Lombard, P. A. Triverio, P. Saudan, M. Metzger, T. Rochat (Geneva, Switzerland). Interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) vs. tuberculin skin testing (TST) for detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in chronic hemodialysis (CH) patients. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 4184

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