Faster for less: the new “shorter” regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Giovanni Sotgiu, Simon Tiberi, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Jan Willem Alffenaar, Jose A. Caminero, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Valentina Alarcon Guizado, Alena Aleksa, Simone Dore, Mina Gaga, Gina Gualano, Heinke Kunst, Marie-Christine Payen, Aurora Jazmín Roby Arias, Alena Skrahina, Ivan Solovic, Giorgia Sulis, Marina Tadolini, Alimuddin Zumla and Giovanni Battista Migliori for the International Carbapenem Study Group

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1503-1507
Journal Issue: November
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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