WHO 2019 guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment: based on evidence or expert opinion?

Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Helena Huerga, Uzma Khan, Francis Varaine

Source: Eur Respir J, 55 (3) 1901935; 10.1183/13993003.01935-2019
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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