Management of tuberculosis in HIV infection: Where T-cells matter

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-476

  Sester, M ^a   Giehl, C ^a   Sester, U ^b   Meyerhans, A ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b European Research and Project Office GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 77951174011     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00191809     Document Type: Editorial

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