Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New tests and methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and to monitor treatment
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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F. Ciftci, E. Bozkanat, O. Sezer, H. Kaya, B. Mesut, Z. Kartaloglu (Istanbul, Turkey). The comparison of tuberculin skin test and quantiferon TB gold test in latent tuberculosis infection in health workers. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2838

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