Wednesday, March 28, 2012

TB: "In some areas we have probably already lost the battle"

A recent article in the British newspaper, The Observer, reports on the disturbing situation with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The article points out the current situation of increasing MDR cases is a result of loss of funding for TB, mismangement of infected patients, and the terrible situation of so few effective antibiotics.

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