Specificity of the Mantoux test with the new tuberculin RT23 compared with formerly used PPD-RIVM; A comparative study in hospital personnel;Specificiteit van de Mantoux-reactie op het nieuwe tuberculine RT23 ten opzichte van de reactie op het oude PPD-RIVM; Vergelijkend onderzoek onder ziekenhuispersoneel

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 143, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 855-858

  Cobelens, F G J ^a   De Boer, H E L ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; NETHERLANDS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033577568     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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