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...Peru, PIH is helping to combat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and the myth that it cannot be treated in poor communities. Farmer reports that rates of these strains of TB are going down with long-term consistent use of drugs...
...latest strain, an airborne bacterium, is called Multi-Drug Resistant TB. It occurs in TB patients who did not complete courses of antibiotics ? meaning the bacteria learns to tolerate the drugs already in the system. The study found MDR TB 'hot zones' in one-third of the 35 countries surveyed. Alarmingly high incidences were reported in the Baltic states and the Dominican Republic...