The booster phenomenon in 2-step tuberculin skin testing of patients receiving long-term hemodialysis

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-374

  Akcay, Ali ^a,b   Erdem, Yunus ^a   Altun, Bulent ^a   Usalan, Celalettin ^a   Agca, Erhan ^a   Yasavul, Unal ^a   Turgan, Cetin ^a   Caglar, Sali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0141707059     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(02)48238-7     Document Type: Article

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