Streptomycin susceptibility and MDR-TB: can we refine the definition of XDR-TB?

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Published in Am J Respir Crit Care Med on January 15, 2011

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Kwok Chiu Chang, Chi Chiu Leung, Cheuk Ming Tam, Wing Wai Yew

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