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Original Article

Drug Resistance Patterns among Tuberculosis Patients in Rome, 1990-1992

Enrico Girardi From the Centro di Riferimento AIDS — Servizio di Epidemiologia dalle Malattie Infettive, Rome, Italy
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Giorgio Antonucci From the Centro di Riferimento AIDS — Servizio di Epidemiologia dalle Malattie Infettive, Rome, Italy
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Mirella Tronci Ospedale Carlo Forlanini, Laboratorio di Micriobiologia, Rome, Italy
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Eugenio Bordi Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy
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Giuseppe Ippolito From the Centro di Riferimento AIDS — Servizio di Epidemiologia dalle Malattie Infettive, Rome, Italy
Pages 487-491 | Received 26 Feb 1996, Accepted 23 Jul 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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