An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among hospitalized patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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Published in N Engl J Med on June 04, 1992

Authors

B R Edlin1, J I Tokars, M H Grieco, J T Crawford, J Williams, E M Sordillo, K R Ong, J O Kilburn, S W Dooley, K G Castro

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1: Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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