Surveillance of drug resistance for tuberculosis control: why and how?

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Published in Tuber Lung Dis on December 01, 1995

Authors

P Chaulet1, F Boulahbal, J Grosset

Author Affiliations

1: Clinique de Pneumo-Phtisiologie Matiben, Hôpital de Beni-Messous, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Alger-Ouest, Algérie.

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