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So. Africa: XDR-TB Spreading as Uncured Patients Go Home

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Source: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Tuberculosis/43854

Infectious Disease
XDR-TB Spreading as Uncured Patients Go Home

Published: Jan 17, 2014
By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today
Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) appears to be spreading in South Africa, fueled by patients who are discharged despite failing therapy, researchers reported...
 
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