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Tomoyasu Nishimura

Health Center, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Dr. Tomoyasu Nishimura is currently working in Health Center, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan. Tomoyasu Nishimura has published numerous research papers and articles in reputed journals and has various other achievements in the related studies. Tomoyasu Nishimura has extended valuable service towards the scientific community with extensive research work.

Publications

Discordance between Two Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Healthcare Workers

Background: Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) more accurately diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection than the tuberculin skin test. To prevent outbreaks in medical facilities, early detection and treatment of Mtb infection (including latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)) is important in healthcare workers. Therefore, the IGRAs ha... Read More»

Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Osamu Iketani, Yaoko Takano, Akiko Sakai, Naomi Kondo, Kazuko Ohtake, Shuji Oguchi, Nobuko Shimizu, Ayako Shibata, Masatoshi Wakui, Mitsuru Murata, Masaaki Mori, Satoshi Iwata and Naoki Hasegawa

Research Article: J Infect Dis Ther 2014, 2:171

DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000171

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