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False-Positive Tuberculin–Skin-Test Results Caused by Dosing Error

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elena Peeva ,
Connie Caputo  and
Victor Jimenez
Elena Peeva
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Connie Caputo
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Victor Jimenez
Affiliation:
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Northport, New York State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 738 - 739
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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