Tuberculin Skin Test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay before and after Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Health Care Workers in Local Tertiary Hospital
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Lee, Seung Jun
(Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Hyeon Sik (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Ma, Jung Eun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Lee, Sang Min (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Ham, HyunSeok (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Cho, Yu Ji (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Jeong, Yi Yeong (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Kim, Ho Cheol (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Lee, Jong Deok (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Kim, Sun-Joo (Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) Hwang, Young Sil (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) |
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