You'd think the emergence of a fatal disease—especially one that can be spread without physical contact—would be a big story. Yet a threatening new form of tuberculosis called extremely drug-resistant ...

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An estimated 440 000 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) occurred worldwide in 2008 (3•6% of all TB cases that year), but only 7% of these cases were identified and treated. Extensively ...

Over the course of my 13-year career as a lung specialist, I’ve had to be the one to tell dozens of shocked patients exactly this: finishing a course of TB treatment doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ...

In the world of tuberculosis (TB) control, it is the worst-case scenario. Doctors in Mumbai, India, reported last month they are seeing a group of patients infected with what they called "totally drug ...

ATLANTA (AP) ” The globe-trotting American lawyer who caused an international health scare by traveling while infected with tuberculosis has a less severe form of the disease than previously diagnosed ...