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  Comparison of the Etest and Sensititre methods for anaerobe susceptibility testing

  Karin Puechler, Katia Scalzo, Maira Nicoletti, Stefanie Wieser, Richard Aschbacher, Elisabetta Pagani

  28-07-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2023.11056

  1362

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• Optimizing Gram stain interpretation: a comparison of four smear preparation methods for Gram staining of positively automated blood culture bottles

  Swati Nirmal, Kirti Nirmal, Nimisha Jain, Arghya Bandyopadhyay, Shukla Das

  02-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14213

  118

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  Evaluation of the HB&L carbapenemase and extended spectrum beta lactamase-AmpC automated screening kits for the rapid detection of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in rectal swabs

  Sara Marani, Maria Federica Pedna

  28-03-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6709

  1778

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  Qualitative evaluation of the new rapid point-of-care antigen Afias Covid-19/Flu Ag Combo assay

  Mara Lorusso, Edmondo Adorisio, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Achille Meneghini, Domenico Lagravinese, Mario Antonio Lerario

  30-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.10315

  901

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  Correlation between cycle threshold and viral load through comparison of RT-PCR qualitative versus quantitative assay for SARS-CoV-2

  Angela Saraiello, Federica Ferrentino, Nunzia Cuomo, Maria Grimaldi, Erasmo Falco, Marcello Raffone, Antimo Di Spirito, Nazareno Melillo, Gennaro Montanino, Valentino Guarino, Francesco Nappo, Martina Esposito, Ilaria Cavallaro, Giovanni D’Auria, Luigi Atripaldi, Claudia Tiberio

  26-10-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.9999

  1610

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  A comparative evaluation of colistin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration determination by reference broth microdilution with other commonly used phenotypic methods in Multidrug-Resistant Gram-negative bacilli

  Nisha Goyal, Seema Gangar, Malika Grover , Narendra Pal Singh , Aditya Nath Dwivedi, Ananya Varshney, Deeksha Chaudhary, Neelam Arya

  07-12-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2023.11573

  1332

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  Evaluation of the Verigene® Blood Culture Nucleic Acid test for rapid identification of gram positive pathogens from positive blood cultures

  Agnese Cellini, Maria Federica Pedna, Francesca Del Bianco, Vittorio Sambri

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4945

  2127

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• Impiego del sistema URO-QUICK per l’esecuzione rapida di antibiogrammi direttamente su campioni di urine

  Eugenio A. Debbia, Simona Roveta, Anna Marchese

  31-12-2004

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2004.2997

  1981

  Downloads: 1109
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  Introduction of Gram negative microrganisms rapid identification and direct susceptibility testing to reduce turnaround time in blood cultures

  Maria Vittoria Mauro, Saveria Dodaro, Daniela Perugini, Francesca Greco, Cristina Giraldi

  30-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6963

  1874

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  Frequency and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of uropathogenic agents of urinary tract infections among asymptomatic diabetic patients in Okada community, southern Nigeria

  Ruqayyah B. Adegbite, Hammed O. Ojokuku, Kamoru A. Adedokun, Musiliu A. Oyenike, Ramat T. Kamorudeen

  22-05-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8077

  1259

  Downloads: 557

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  Assessment of serum Aspergillus galactomannan expression and associated risk factors among patients living with HIV at Ilorin, Nigeria

  Hafeez Aderinsayo Adekola, Olajide Olubunmi Agbede, Idris Nasir Abdullahi, Lawal O. Olayemi, Anthony Uchenna Emeribe, Amos Dangana, Thairu Yunusa

  06-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8158

  1410

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  Clinical microbiologists, could we forget the history?

  Roberta Migliavacca, Vittorio Sambri

  10-10-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.7108

  1402

  Downloads: 794

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• A new automatic system for Cytomegalovirus antibodies screening: preliminary evaluation

  Anna De Angelis, Francesca Dastoli, Maria De Cristofaro, Paola Spinozzi, Sabrina Pizziconi, Alberto Spanò

  31-12-2008

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2559

  1043

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  Antibiotic susceptibility profile of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from acute respiratory infection in Dakar: a cross sectional study

  Abdoulaye Diop, Makhtar Camara, Abdoulaye Seck, Assane Dieng, Amadou Diop, Amary Fall, Cherif Ibrahima. Khalil Diop, Djibril Boiro, Jean Baptisse Niokhor Diouf, Ibrahima Sene, Modou Gueye, Mbayame Niang, Cheikh Saad Bouh Boye

  19-12-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2018.7862

  1577

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• MALDI-TOF: Introduction in routine of a system for the rapid identification of microorganisms

  Chiara Vismara, Maria Chiara Sironi, Monica Drago, Giuseppina Cafiero, Liana Asti, Chiara Grimaldi, Gianluigi Lombardi

  31-12-2011

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2338

  1271

  Downloads: 1155
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  Globalization effects on the reports of non-endemic parasitosis in Italy

  Giorgia Bracaglia, Livia Mancinelli, Stefania Ranno, Federica Del Chierico, Hyppolite K. Tchidjou, Ottavia Porzio, Andrea Onetti Muda, Lorenza Putignani

  19-12-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2018.7932

  1189

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• Combined use of two rapid test in Legionella pneumophila infections

  Gino Ciarrocchi, Marco D’anzeo, Maria Enrica Cimarelli, Brunilde Berti, Francesco Petrini

  30-09-2009

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2528

  915

  Downloads: 956

• Usefulness of Microscan System panels with EUCAST clinical breakpoints to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of ß-lactamase producing- Gram negative isolates

  Elisabetta Nucleo, Melissa Spalla, Aurora Piazza, Roberta Migliavacca, Piero Micheletti, Laura Pagani

  31-12-2011

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2343

  1308

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  Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida in the Clinical Laboratory: how to do it, when to do it, and how to interpret it

  Esther Manso, Claudio Farina, Stefano Andreoni, Elisabetta Blasi, Marco Conte, Paolo Fazii, Gianluigi Lombardi, Silvana Sanna

  30-06-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2014.4888

  7850

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  SCCmec typing and Panton-valentine leukocidin occurrence in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from clinical samples of Ahvaz,southwest of Iran

  Nikou Bahrami, Hossein Motamedi, Seyyedeh Elham Reza Tofighi, Mohammad Reza Akhoond

  06-11-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8050

  1293

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  Bacteremia due to anaerobic bacteria: epidemiology in a northern Bari Hospital, Italy

  Maria Antonietta Distasi, Donatella Rizzi, Nicola Sciannandrone, Mirella Caldarone, Simonetta Gioscia, Annamaria Leonetti, Tito Del Gaudio

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4738

  2644

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  New methods in meningitis diagnosis

  Francesco d'Aleo, Roberta Bonanno, Martina Bonofiglio

  30-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.10235

  713

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  Performance study of the automated immunoassay test anti-hepatitis C virus VIDAS® for the qualitative detection of antibodies anti-hepatitis C virus

  Sara Salvetti, Federica Lavinia, Iolanda Montenora

  31-03-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.4808

  2511

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• Bacteriological profile in patients having chronic dacryocystitis presenting for cataract surgery in a tertiary care centre

  Mrunal Dhiran, Hina Rahangdale, Rajesh Joshi, Sunanda Shrikhande Zodpey

  22-05-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.12741

  678

  Downloads: 214

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• Il processo tutoriale nell’ambito della formazione del Tecnico Sanitario di Laboratorio Biomedico neoassunto nel Laboratorio di Microbiologia

  Iole Caola, Cira Nuzzo

  30-06-2005

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2005.2978

  1104

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• Susceptibility patterns of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in the Italian Hospital of Desio: a 20-year (2000-2019) retrospective study

  Jari Intra, Davide Carcione, Roberta Maria Sala, Claudia Siracusa, Paolo Brambilla, Valerio Leoni

  02-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14201

  93

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  Antibiotic resistance of bacteria responsible of acute respiratory tract infections in children

  Makhtar Camara, Assane Dieng, Abdoulaye Diop, Amadou Diop, Amadou Diop, Djibril Boiro, Jean Baptisse Niokhor Diouf, Amary Fall, Ousmane Ndiaye, Mbayame Niang, Cheikh Saad Bouh Boye

  28-03-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6489

  3236

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  Prospective nucleotide sequence analysis of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Sokoto state

  Shuaibu Suleiman Adeiza, Josiah Ademola Onaolapo, Busayo Olalekan Olayinka

  11-06-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2020.8496

  1099

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  Evaluation of LIAISON® C. difficile glutamate dehydrogenase and LIAISON® C. difficile toxin A and B in Copan FecalSwabTM samples in a three-step algorithm for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection

  Massimo Oggioni, Alessandra Bielli, Alice Nava, Daniela Adele Pia Campisi

  18-06-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.4953

  2300

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• Rapid tests: preliminar identification from blood culture

  Elisa Gobbato, Vesselina Kroumova, Paola Macaluso, Sabrina Tamburelli, Luca Mucedola, Giacomo Fortina

  30-06-2012

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2012.2317

  1682

  Downloads: 891

• Validity of direct identification and antibiotic susceptibility of microrganisms from bottles of blood culture

  Carmela Mazzone, Maria Luisa Laterza, Lucio Tauro

  31-12-2009

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2499

  941

  Downloads: 883
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  Evaluation of the TGS TA system for the detection of anti-cytomegalovirus antibodies

  Annalisa Cianflone, Maria Teresa Manco, Olivia Arpino, Alessia Paganini, Massimo De Paschale, Carlo Agrappi, Paola Mirri, Pierangelo Clerici

  07-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6581

  1536

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• Evaluation of a direct method for the identification and antibiotic susceptibility assessment of microrganisms isolated from blood cultures by automatic systems

  Sergio Frugoni, Giovanna Viola, Eutilia Conte, Daniela Consoli, Roberta Marchetti, Chiara Silvia Vismara

  31-03-2008

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2593

  1062

  Downloads: 1033
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  The clinical relevance of pathogen Aerococcus urinae identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: a case of sepsis in 86-year-old Caucasian male

  Jari Intra, Cecilia Sarto, Giuseppe Serra, Paolo Brambilla

  05-08-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2020.8965

  875

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  Management of unscheduled tetanus prophylaxis in Emergency Departments: Point-of-Care implementation as a rapid tool for the evaluation of anti-tetanus antibodies

  Andrea Rocchetti, Rossana Uberti, Carolina Prevaldi, Clara Maria Lazzara, Federica Riccio

  31-03-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5082

  1861

  Downloads: 870

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• Valutazione comparativa di un test immunocromatografico “Helicobacter pylori Antigen Onestep Test” e di due test immunoenzimatici “Fecal-clean H. pylori Ag” e “Amplified IDEIATM Hp StARTM” per la diagnosi di infezione da Helicobacter pylori attraverso ric

  Antonella Marangoni, Alessandra Moroni, Francesca Cavrini, Elisa Storni, Manuela Donati, Vittorio Sambri

  30-03-2004

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2004.3021

  1312

  Downloads: 812
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  Evaluation of the TGS TA system for the detection of anti-rubella antibodies

  Olivia Arpino, Annalisa Cianflone, Maria Teresa Manco, Alessia Paganini, Massimo De Paschale, Carlo Agrappi, Paola Mirri, Pierangelo Clerici

  07-07-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6582

  1673

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• Valutazione di un metodo rapido per la diagnosi d’infezione da H. pylori attraverso ricerca di antigene fecale

  Paolo Gaibani, Antonella Pace, H. Cesari, Vittorio Sambri

  31-03-2007

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2007.2903

  1036

  Downloads: 438
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  Humoral immunity after Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine in healthcare workers of ASL Roma 2 (Italy)

  Eliana Giberna, Tiziana Guastafierro, Natalia Ciaffi, Elena Nebuloso, Stefania Piccoli, Mattia Serao, Giuseppina Gioffrè, Stefania Campitelli, Maria Grazia Colace, Maria Carmela Cava, Maria De Cristofaro

  28-10-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2021.9695

  827

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  Emergency management in bacterial meningitis and sepsis: application of real time-polymerase chain reaction and FilmArray technology performed directly on cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples

  Loria Bianchi, Zaleida Napoli, Swan Donati, Patrizia Lencioni, Fabiano Santoni, Riccardo Lari

  18-12-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2015.5084

  5420

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  Recurrence of measles in central Italy: the experience of a hospital in Rome

  Andrea Petrucca, Antonella Alari, Styliani Papadopoulou, Crisitina Petrucci, Iolanda Santino

  22-05-2019

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.7999

  1127

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• Indagine sulla diffusione di stafilococchi resistenti alla meticillina in Liguria

  Elisabetta Maioli, Roberto Bandettini, Enrico Battolla, Rosalba Bona, Luigi Carlo Bottaro, Rinaldo Brunetti, Roberto Capuzzo, Gian Luigi Devoto, Maria Dono, Andrea Dusi, Manuela Fedele, Giorgia Ferro, Giovanni Rosario Giusto, Stefania Mannelli, Federica Massucco, Maria Gabriella Mazzarello, Marco Mori, Mascja Perfumo, Gabriella Piatti, Silvia Reali, Agostina Ronca, Luisa Santoriello, Domizio Serra, David Usiglio, Anna Marchese, Eugenio A. Debbia

  31-12-2006

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2006.2912

  2205

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• Seroprevalence of scrub typhus at tertiary care hospital in Nagpur

  Priyanka Chandankhede, Khushboo Agarwal, Dilip Gedam, Gopal Agrawal

  02-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.14639

  82

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  The history of tuberculosis: from mummies to multidrug resistance across the Royal Touch

  Cristina Morazzoni, Massimo DePaschale

  30-06-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5782

  2084

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• Influenza A/H1N1/2009 virus - experience of the clinical microbiology laboratory of the “L. Sacco” University Hospital in Milan

  Lisa Lucia Chenal, Alessandra Lombardi, Nadia Zanchetta, Giuseppe Giuliani, Valeria Micheli, Sara Giordana Rimoldi, Loredana Tocalli, Cristina Pagani, Maria Rita Gismondo

  30-06-2011

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2364

  1398

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• Results of an Italian multi-long-term care facilities survey on diagnostic, therapeutic, and infection control topics: state of the art and future perspective

  Roberta Migliavacca, Luca Vaccaro, Melissa Spalla, Anna De Col, Richard Aschbacher, GLISTer working group

  21-05-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12386

  1408

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• Utilizzo di nuovi test immunologici nella diagnostica dell’infezione da M. tuberculosis

  Ilaria Sauzullo, Fabio Mengoni, Miriam Lichtner, Raffaella Rossi, Donatella Vincenti, Stefania Carrara, Delia Goletti, Enrico Girardi, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Vincenzo Vullo

  31-12-2006

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2006.2917

  1179

  Downloads: 902

• Mixed fungal co-infections in post-COVID patients - role of basic microbiology techniques for wider diagnosis

  Raman Sardana, Hena Butta, Ghanta Naga Sai Snigdha, Tandra Pradhan, Leena Mendiratta

  02-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2025.13896

  80

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  Monitoring of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in solid organ transplant recipients: quantitation of CMV DNAemia by two real-time polymerase chain reaction assays

  Angela Chiereghin, Giulia Piccirilli, Gabriele Turello, Diego Squarzoni, Claudia Pavia, Liliana Gabrielli, Maria Paola Landini, Tiziana Lazzarotto

  18-10-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.5963

  1772

  Downloads: 858

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• Specific IgA antibodies in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections

  Gino Ciarrocchi, Massimo Tocchini, Marco d’Anzeo, Elisabetta Farnocchia, Giuseppe Rondello, Maria Enrica Cimarelli, Brunilde Berti, Andrea Ianniello

  30-06-2011

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2366

  1497

  Downloads: 1783

• Colistin, the last resort antibiotic: challenges in the implementation of its routine susceptibility testing

  Nisha Goyal, Seema Gangar, Krishna Sarkar, Narendra Pal Singh, Shukla Das, Aditya Nath Dwivedi

  28-05-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2024.12388

  1599

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  In vitro effects of glycyrrhetinic acid and hyaluronic acid on the growth of vulvovaginal Candida albicans and other yeasts

  Martina Stevan, Eleonora Fusato, Decio Armanini, Giulio Bertoloni, Francesco De Seta, Christian Leli, Mario Rassu

  30-12-2017

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6974

  2110

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• Evidenziazione molecolare di resistenza di Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex a rifampicina e isoniazide

  Gian Lorenzo Molinari, Anna Camaggi, Stefano Andreoni, Vesselina Kroumova, Ilaria Crespi, Stefania Grasso, Michela Zignani, Giacomo Fortina

  30-06-2006

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2006.2932

  1732

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  Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in women undergoing laparoscopy: the role of peritoneal fluid sampling

  Miroslav Dragic, Patrizia Posteraro, Carla Marani, Maria Emanuela Natale, Alessia Vecchioni, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Chiara de Waure, Brunella Posteraro

  22-12-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2016.6038

  1487

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• Role of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in patients candidates for TNF-α antagonist

  Ilaria Sauzullo, Fabio Mengoni, Rossana Scrivo, Guido Valesini, Concetta Potenza, Nevena Skroza, Miriam Lichtner, Raffaella Marocco, Vullo Vincenzo, Claudio Maria Mastroianni

  30-06-2010

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2444

  982

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