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Drug-resistant TB

A major public health challenge

Stigma, isolation and a high risk of death: these are the challenges facing most drug-resistant TB patients. This article explains drug-resistance and what is fueling it.

MDR
These drugs are used to treat people with multi-drug resistance TB. They do not work as well as the first-line drugs and have worse side-effects. Nevertheless, MDR TB can be cured.
Regrettably drug-resistant TB is a much bigger problem than it should be because of inadequate and poor management of healthcare programs. There is an error in the Markdown.

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By Kay Kim

Published: May 31, 2011, 10:05 p.m.

Last updated: July 1, 2011, 9:29 p.m.

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