Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium leprae from patients with leprosy.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on December 01, 2001

Authors

S Maeda1, M Matsuoka, N Nakata, M Kai, Y Maeda, K Hashimoto, H Kimura, K Kobayashi, Y Kashiwabara

Author Affiliations

1: Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0002, Japan.

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