Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Spain.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on December 04, 1996

Authors

J V Rullán1, D Herrera, R Cano, V Moreno, P Godoy, E F Peiró, J Castell, C Ibañez, A Ortega, L S Agudo, F Pozo

Author Affiliations

1: Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, Spain.

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