LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Rapid testing for drug susceptibility

A. Catanzaro, R. Garfein, C. Rodrigues, T. Victor, K. Ajbani, E. Romancenco, C. Hayes, A. Trollip, R. Jackson, T. Rodwell, V. Crudu (La Jolla, United States Of America; Chisinau, Republic Of Moldova; Mumbai, India; Tygerberg, Port Elizabeth, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Drug-resistant tuberculosis: new clinical and public health insights
Session: Drug-resistant tuberculosis: new clinical and public health insights
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 188
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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