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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).

Drug-resistant TB

PET scans can help determine patients' response to treatment for HIV-MDR tuberculosis

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News-Medical-Net
26 May 2011
TB transmission & prevention

Simple face masks could significantly prevent spread of TB to non-infected patients

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
17 May 2011
Drug-resistant TB

Know your epidemiology: one lesson of many for GeneXpert roll-out

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Science Speaks
16 May 2011
Drug-resistant TB

The New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia: A Global and Local Perspective

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Institute of Medicine
13 April 2011
Drug-resistant TB

Towards universal access to diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis by 2015

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World Health Organization
24 March 2011
Drug-resistant TB

Partners call for increased commitment to tackle MDR-TB

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World Health Organization
24 March 2011
Drug-resistant TB

World TB Day: New TB test and community-based approach - more patients on treatment, sooner

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MSF South Africa
24 March 2011
Drug-resistant TB

New TB Test to Detect More People Who Need MDR-TB Treatment

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MSF
24 March 2011
TB treatment

Treatments for Recurring TB Infection Failing the Developing World, Study Finds

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Science Daily
16 March 2011
TB treatment

Patients panic over TB drug shortage

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Times of Zambia
1 February 2011
Tuberculosis & HIV

UK tuberculosis rates highest in 30 years

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Reuters
4 November 2010
Drug-resistant TB

KENYA: Activists appeal for release of TB prisoners

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IRIN Plus News
15 September 2010
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SOUTH AFRICA: Strike sends XDR-TB patients home

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IRIN Plus News
3 September 2010
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New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours

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Reuters
2 September 2010
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Strike: TB patients sent home

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Daily Dispatch
31 August 2010
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KENYA: TB patients held in police cells for defaulting on treatment

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IRIN Plus News
24 August 2010
Drug-resistant TB

New TB test must reach more people - expert

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Reuters
29 July 2010
Drug-resistant TB

Major funding awarded to improve treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infection

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Moreover.com HIV/AIDS feed
26 July 2010