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We thank Gabi Schulz, Margret Oberreit and Petra Ellensohn for technical assistance and are grateful to Andreas Roth and Harald Mauch, Institute for Microbiology, Chest Hospital Heckeshorn, Berlin and the colleagues from Fachkliniken Wangen (Wangen), Johanniter-Hospital (Treuenbrietzen), St. Joseph's-Hospital, Children's Hospital Neukölln and Lindenhof (Berlin), Children's University Hospitals of Bochum and Frankfurt/Main, Altonaer Children's Hospital (Hamburg), Elisabeth-Hospital (Oldenburg), Children's Hospital (Wismar), and Horst-Schmidt-Hospital (Wiesbaden) for patient inclusion. This work was supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research (Grant No. FKZ-01KI9712).
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Rolinck-Werninghaus, C., Magdorf, K., Stark, K. et al. The potential of recombinant antigens ESAT-6, MPT63 and mig for specific discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium infection. Eur J Pediatr 162, 534–536 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1199-6
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