Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly infection that occurs in every part of the world. The standard treatment for TB, a six-month multidrug regimen, has not changed in more than 40 years. Patients can find it difficult to complete ...
Jun 4, 2021
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Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis," a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease.
Jan 16, 2012
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Public health experts are getting a better picture of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Moldova, thanks to the efforts of a coalition of researchers from across the world led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health.
Mar 14, 2022
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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the top ten leading causes of death worldwide, with more than 1.3 million reported deaths in 2020. The emergence and spread of drug-resistant forms of the disease have complicated ...
Jun 30, 2022
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To many, tuberculosis (TB) may seem like a disease from a bygone era. But it still claims more than one million lives every year. And the problem is growing worse as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes TB, ...
May 9, 2022
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Belgian physicians report they have cured a young patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) using a novel two-drug combination developed by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva ...
May 11, 2011
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(HealthDay) -- More than four decades after the last introduction of fresh treatments for tuberculosis, a new medication for multidrug-resistant strains of the global scourge has shown promise in a multinational trial.
Jun 6, 2012
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A study published recently in The Lancet has drawn the world's attention to the specter of particularly dangerous types of tuberculosis, called multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant, in four countries. The study ...
Aug 9, 2017
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For the first time on record, fewer people worldwide are getting sick from tuberculosis, but cash is short in the fight against drug-resistant forms of the disease, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Oct 11, 2011
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Taking a new approach toward tuberculosis therapy, a UCLA-led research team has devised a potential drug regimen that could cut the treatment time by up to 75 percent, while simultaneously reducing the risk that patients ...
Jan 25, 2017
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