Serial QuantiFERON TB-gold in-tube testing during LTBI therapy in candidates for TNFi treatment.

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Published in J Infect on October 24, 2012

Authors

Filippo Bartalesi1, Delia Goletti, Michele Spinicci, Annalisa Cavallo, Letizia Attala, Jessica Mencarini, Ginevra Fiori, Francesca Li Gobbi, Antonia Mantella, Maurizio Benucci, Francesca Prignano, Nicola Pimpinelli, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Enrico Girardi, Alessandro Bartoloni

Author Affiliations

1: SOD Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Firenze, Italy. bartalesif@aou-careggi.toscana.it

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