Rifampin levels, interferon-gamma release and outcome in complicated pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Published in Tuberculosis (Edinb) on September 24, 2007

Authors

Helen McIlleron1, Marcia L Watkins, Peter I Folb, Stanley R Ress, Robert J Wilkinson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cape Town, K-45 Old Main Buliding, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape 7925, South Africa. helen.mcilleron@uct.ac.za

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