Metformin use and post-exposure incident tuberculosis: a nationwide tuberculosis-contact cohort study in Taiwan

Sheng-Wei Pan, Jia-Yih Feng, Yung-Feng Yen, Fan-Yi Chuang, Hsiang-Shi Shen, Vincent Yi-Fong Su, Pei-Hung Chuang, Yu-Jiun Chan, Wei-Juin Su

Source: ERJ Open Res, 6 (3) 00050-2020; 10.1183/23120541.00050-2020
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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