Cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: How has this altered with the changing epidemiology of tuberculosis?

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-95

  Hay, Roderick J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 15044351482     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000160894.89739.9c     Document Type: Editorial

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