Pseudo-Outbreak of Multidrug-ResistantMycobacterium tuberculosisAssociated With Presumed Laboratory Processing Contamination
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 23 (10) , 620-622
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501982
Abstract
Pseudo-Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Associated With Presumed Laboratory Processing Contamination - Volume 23 Issue 10 - Gonzalo Bearman, Carlos Vaamonde, Davise Larone, Lewis Drusin, Gianna ZuccottiKeywords
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