Group 5 drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: is the glass half full or half empty?

Giovanni Sotgiu, Giovanni Battista Migliori

Source: Eur Respir J 2017; 49(1): 1602273; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02273-2016
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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