Completing treatment for latent tuberculosis: patient background matters.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on May 01, 2013

Authors

B Kan1, M Kalin, J Bruchfeld

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1: Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. boris.kan@ karolinska.se

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