XDR tuberculosis requires emphasis on primary transmission

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 442-

  Basu, Sanjay ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 34250785069     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70142-1     Document Type: Letter

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