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Some strains of tuberculosis (TB) are resistant to several different drugs. Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) can usually be treated successfully after identifying which drugs the bacteria are still susceptible to. A strain of TB that is resistant to a larger number of drugs is known as extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).

Tuberculosis: Fewer than five per cent of people in need are treated with new drugs

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
27 March 2017

New Tuberculosis Drugs May Become Ineffective: Study

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Inter Press Service
24 March 2017

Indian Woman Wins Right to Use Last-Resort Tuberculosis Drug

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Wall Street Journal (blog)
24 January 2017

Access: MSF reports on use of the new tuberculosis drugs bedaquiline and delamanid

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
26 October 2016

Global pledge to stamp out drug-resistant infections

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BBC Health
21 September 2016

HIV is not a super-spreader of drug-resistant tuberculosis

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EurekAlert (press release)
9 August 2016

The Worst Superbug? Tuberculosis

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Huffington Post UK
20 May 2016