The tuberculosis rapid assay from DiaVita - No alternative to the tuberculin skin test;Der tuberkulose-schnelltest von DiaVita - Keine alternative zum tuberkulinhauttest

Pneumologie

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 681-684

  Hauer, B ^a   Mauch, H ^b   Loddenkemper, Robert ^a,c   Forssbohm M ^c   Fruh J ^c   Loytved, G ^c   Magdorf, K ^d   Priwitzer, M ^c   Rusch Gerdes S ^e   Schaberg, T ^f  

^a Deutsches Zentralkomitee Zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose E â Scaron V DZK   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^c Gesundheitsamt Wiesbaden ^*  (Germany)

^d Klinik für Pädiatrische Pneumologie Universitäts Kinderkliniken Zürich   (Germany)

^e Nationales Referenzzentrum für Mykobakterien   (Germany)

^f Zentrum fur Pneumologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 27644550686     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-915578     Document Type: Article

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