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. 1955 Jun;10(2):85–98. doi: 10.1136/thx.10.2.85

The Clinical Significance of Positive Cultures and of Isoniazid-resistant Tubercle Bacilli during the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Report to the Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Trials Committee of the Medical Research Council

Wallace Fox 1,2, Ian Sutherland 1,2
PMCID: PMC1019472  PMID: 14396842

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