MDR-TB MANAGEMENT IN A 7-MONTH-OLD CHINESE GIRL
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Learn to differentiate between Multidrug and Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. Management of both situations.
We report a case of MDR-tuberculosis. Follow up and treatment is discussed.
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