Management of patients with multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET consensus statement.

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Published in Eur Respir J on March 23, 2014

Authors

Christoph Lange1, Ibrahim Abubakar2, Jan-Willem C Alffenaar2, Graham Bothamley2, Jose A Caminero2, Anna Cristina C Carvalho2, Kwok-Chiu Chang2, Luigi Codecasa2, Ana Correia2, Valeriu Crudu2, Peter Davies2, Martin Dedicoat2, Francis Drobniewski2, Raquel Duarte2, Cordula Ehlers2, Connie Erkens2, Delia Goletti2, Gunar Günther2, Elmira Ibraim2, Beate Kampmann2, Liga Kuksa2, Wiel de Lange2, Frank van Leth2, Jan van Lunzen2, Alberto Matteelli2, Dick Menzies2, Ignacio Monedero2, Elvira Richter2, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes2, Andreas Sandgren2, Anna Scardigli2, Alena Skrahina2, Enrico Tortoli2, Grigory Volchenkov2, Dirk Wagner2, Marieke J van der Werf2, Bhanu Williams2, Wing-Wai Yew2, Jean-Pierre Zellweger2, Daniela Maria Cirillo2, TBNET

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1: For the authors' affiliations see the Acknowledgements section clange@fz-borstel.de.
2: For the authors' affiliations see the Acknowledgements section.

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