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Case Reports
. 2016 Sep;48(3):935-8.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.00637-2016. Epub 2016 Jun 10.

First case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treated with both delamanid and bedaquiline

Marina Tadolini  1 , Rangjung Dolma Lingtsang  2 , Simon Tiberi  3 , Martin Enwerem  4 , Lia D'Ambrosio  5 , Tsetan Dorji Sadutshang  6 , Rosella Centis  7 , Giovanni Battista Migliori  8
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Case Reports

First case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treated with both delamanid and bedaquiline

Marina Tadolini et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Report of the first case, concerns and challenges of treatment of severe XDR-TB with both delamanid and bedaquiline http://ow.ly/WzeB3004Cmo

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