Tuberculosis (TB) relapse rate among patients treated with moxifloxacin (m) or ethambutol (E) in the intensive phase of therapy

M. Conde, R. Guerra, M. Cailleaux-Cesar, A. Efron, R. Chaisson (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Baltimore, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Treatment of tuberculosis at times of emerging drug resistance
Session: Treatment of tuberculosis at times of emerging drug resistance
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 221
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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