Abstract and Introduction DR-TB Disease in Children Chemoprophylaxis and Treatment of Latent Infection Summary of Principles for Pediatric DR-TB Management References Immunocompetent children >4 years ...

Background and aims: There is a remarked dramatic increase of the incidence of tuberculosis in childhood the recent twenty years, after the continually decreased the last decades. This fact provokes ...

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