Has the time come to shorten TB treatment and TB preventive therapy?

C. Magis-Escurra (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Respiratory infections
Session: Respiratory infections
Session type: State of the art session
Number: 1234

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