Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 228-234 , September 2010

Diagnostic usefulness of a T-cell-based assay for osteoarticular tuberculosis

  • Oh-Hyun Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Su-Jin Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Ki-Ho Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yong Pil Chong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Heungsup Sung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Mi-Na Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sang-Oh Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sang-Ho Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jun Hee Woo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yang Soo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Han Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 3010 3305; fax: +82 2 3010 6970.

,Accepted 25 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.06.015

Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 228-234 , September 2010

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