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QuantiFERON-TB gold test may be more advantageous than tuberculin skin test for screening latent tuberculosis infection in psychiatry clinics

Psikiyatri kliniklerinde yapılan latent tüberküloz enfeksiyonu

Erhan KURT
Sinan GÜLÖKSÜZ
Esat Timuçin ORAL
Turan ÇETİN
Esin ÇETİN AKTAŞ
Kaya KÖKSALAN
Günnur DENİZ
Faruk ÇİFTÇİ
Oğün SEZER
Hatice KAYA
Pages
115–116
Publication Date
2022-10-11
DOI
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KURT, E., GÜLÖKSÜZ, S., ORAL, E. T., ÇETİN, T., AKTAŞ, E. Ç., KÖKSALAN, K., DENİZ, G., ÇİFTÇİ, F., SEZER, O., KAYA, H. (2022). QuantiFERON-TB gold test may be more advantageous than tuberculin skin test for screening latent tuberculosis infection in psychiatry clinics. Balkan Medical Journal, Cilt: 29 - Sayı: 1, 115–116. https://ajindex.com/articles/461622

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