Immunotherapy (as an adjuvant therapeutic tool) of tuberculosis - does it have a future?

C. Saltini (Rome, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Challenges in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis: a continuous clinical problem
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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