Management of MDR-TB in resource-poor countries.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on August 01, 1999

Authors

P Farmer1, J Furin, J Bayona, M Becerra, C Henry, H Hiatt, J Y Kim, C Mitnick, E Nardell, S Shin

Author Affiliations

1: Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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