Antituberculosis drug resistance: Is it worth measuring?

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-302

  Bustreo, F ^a   Migliori, G B ^b   Nardini, S ^c   Raviglione, M C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Morelli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DRUG RESISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0029843568     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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