Second-line injectables: are they essential to treat MDR/XDR-TB cases?

G. B. Migliori, R. Muetterlein, G. Sotgiu, G. De Iaco, K. Kliiman, O. Toungoussova, J. Ortmann, H. Hoffmann, E. Girardi, F. Lauria, C. Lange, TBNET Study Group (Tradate, Sassari, Sondalo, Cassano delle Murge, Rome, Italy; Parsberg, Bad Lippspringe, Gauti

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Multidrug-resistant and the emerging threat of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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