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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: Lessons from the US experience

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Maurer, J.R. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: Lessons from the US experience. Curr Infect Dis Rep 11, 173–174 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-009-0026-2

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