Pulmonary extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Melbourne: local control of a global health challenge

• 1 Western Health, Melbourne, VIC
• 2 Western Clinical School, University of Melbourne, St Albans, VIC
• 3 Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, VIC
• 4 Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
• 5 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

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