The shorter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimen in Singapore: are patients from South-East Asia eligible?

Cynthia B.E. Chee, Kyi-Win KhinMar, Li-H. Sng, Roland Jureen, Jeffery Cutter, Vernon J.M. Lee, Yee-Tang Wang

Source: Eur Respir J, 50 (2) 1700753; 10.1183/13993003.00753-2017
Journal Issue: August
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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