Usefulness of tuberculin skin test by tuberculin PPD RT23 2 TU

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-408

  Yang, Jong Wuk ^a   Jeon, Man Jo ^a   Kim, Sung Jung ^a   Lee, Hyang Lim ^a   Lee, Seung Jun ^a   Lee, Myoung Goo ^a   Kim, Dong Gyu ^a   Park, Myoung Jae ^a   Kang, Min Jong ^a   Hyoen, In Gyu ^a   Jung, Ki Suck ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Tuberculin PPD RT23; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KOREA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0036821018     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2002.53.4.401     Document Type: Article

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