Respiratory Medicine
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 65-70 , January 2003

Management of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis

  • D.C.S HUTCHISON

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, U.K.
    • ,
  • F.A DROBNIEWSKI

      Affiliations

    • PHLS Mycobacterium Reference Unit and Department of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, U.K.
    • ,
  • H.J MILBURN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, U.K.

Received 5 February 2002 ,Accepted 29 May 2002.

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doi: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1412

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 65-70 , January 2003

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