Serum neopterin concentrations in healthy healthcare workers compared with healthy controls and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Ozdemir, Davut ^a   Cesur, Salih ^b   Annakkaya, Ali Nihat ^a   Tarhan, Gulnur ^b   Hoca, Nevin Taci ^c   Sencan, Irfan ^a   Aslan, Turan ^b   Ceyhan, Ismail ^b   Balbay, Oner ^a   Guclu, Ertugrul ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Healthy healthcare workers; Neopterin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 33845483683     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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