Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 314-317 , March 2010

Rapid identification of tuberculosis epididymo-orchitis by INNO-LiPA Rif TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube tests: case report

  • Jolanta Paluch-Oleś

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
    • ,
  • Agnieszka Magryś

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48-0-81-742-37-81; fax: +48-0-81-742-37-81.
    • ,
  • Ewa Kot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Regional Railway Hospital, Lublin, Poland
    • ,
  • Maria Kozioł-Montewka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland

Received 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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PII: S0732-8893(09)00406-4

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.09.020

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 314-317 , March 2010

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