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Treating the Patient With Tuberculosis: Guidelines for Collaborating With Community Physicians

This manual is a handbook for use by state and local health departments to improve their TB control programs that require collaboration with healthcare providers in the community.

Author:

Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Audiences:

Health Professionals

Topic:

Advocacy/Communications, Case Management, Treatment Guidelines Materials, Treatment- TB Disease

Country of Origin:

United States

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