Use of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex-Specific Antigen Cocktails for a Skin Test Specific for Tuberculosis

The tuberculin skin test currently used to diagnose infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis has poor diagnostic value, especially in geographic areas where the prevalence of tuberculosis is low or where the environmental burden of saprophytic, nontuberculous mycobacteria is high. Inaccuracy of the...

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Main Authors: Lyashchenko, Konstantin, Manca, Claudia, Colangeli, Roberto, Heijbel, Anna, Williams, Alan, Gennaro, Maria Laura
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1998
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Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC108392/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9673239
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