TB and M/XDR-TB infection control in European TB reference centres: the Achilles’ heel?

Sotgiu G., D’Ambrosio L., Centis R., Bothamley G., Cirillo D.M., De Lorenzo S., Guenther G., Kliiman K., Muetterlein R., Spinu V., Villar M., Zellweger J.P., Sandgren A., Huitric E., Lange C., Manissero D., Migliori G.B.

Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 1221-1223
Journal Issue: November

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