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Wilson, S., Al-Suwaidi, Z., McNerney, R. et al. Evaluation of a new rapid bacteriophage-based method for the drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Med 3, 465–468 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0497-465
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