A new paradigm for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy,

Published: August 2014

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