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More delays in the fight against TB in South Africa

Long hospital stays for TB treatment can increase risk of reinfection with MDR or XDR-TB strains

South Africa’s lop-sided TB response: more attention to prevention of drug resistance required

The scale of the challenge in fight against TB in South Africa

Long hospital stays for TB treatment can increase risk of reinfection with MDR or XDR-TB strains

MDR-TB may be more infectious, study of HIV patients finds

Half of Russian XDR-TB patients cured with aggressive treatment

Three per cent of TB cases in Lisbon found to be extensively drug-resistant

Untreated HIV infection may facilitate rifampicin-resistant and multi-drug-resistant TB strains