Fluoroquinolone Susceptibility among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from the United States and Canada
Authors:
- William BurmanWilliam Burman
- the Tuberculosis Trials ConsortiumTCthe Tuberculosis Trials Consortium
Open Access
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 40 (3) , 386-391
Abstract
Background.There is increasing interest in the possible role of new fluoroquinolone antibiotics for treatment of tuberculosis, but widespread use ofKeywords
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