ECDC guidance on management of contacts of MDR-TB and XDR-TB patients

A. Sandgren, M. van der Werf (Stockholm, Sweden)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - MDR- and XDR-TB: epidemiological and public health overview
Session: MDR- and XDR-TB: epidemiological and public health overview
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 206
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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A. Sandgren, M. van der Werf (Stockholm, Sweden). ECDC guidance on management of contacts of MDR-TB and XDR-TB patients. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 206

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