Clinical Reevaluation of the QuantiFERON TB-2G Test as a Diagnostic Method for Differentiating Active Tuberculosis from Nontuberculous Mycobacteriosis - Kobashi, Yoshihiro; Obase, Yasushi; Fukuda, Minoru; Yoshida, Kouichiro; Miyashita, Naoyuki; Oka, Mikio (Clinical infectious diseases, 2006)
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