Low frequency of drug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among close contacts of a highly symptomatic index case

B. Krummel, A. Strassburg, M. Ernst, B. Eker, H. Rath, R. Hoerster, W. Wappler, A. Glaewe, V. Schoellhorn, C. Lange (Borstel, Luebeck, Strassberg, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - The challenge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Session: The challenge of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2512
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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