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System for Efficacy and Cytotoxicity Screening of Inhibitors Targeting Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published on: April 5, 2017
Rifampin-induced flu-like syndrome with shock in a patient with tuberculosis infection
Gousia Dhhar1, Jeanine McColl1, Ian Kitai1
1Division of General Internal Medicine (Dhhar), and of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine (Dhhar), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (McColl), and Division of Rheumatology (McColl), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Pediatrics (Kitai, Levy, Verstegen), and Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Paediatrics (Kitai), University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology (Levy, Verstegen), and of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Department of Paediatrics (Verstegen), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
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