Monday 24 May 2010

TUBERCULOSIS: MDR in Washington State

Two people in Snohomish County have been diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a type of the disease that takes longer for people to recover from and is more expensive to treat.The cases are thought to be the first cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Snohomish County, although two cases were reported elsewhere in Washington last year, Dr. Gary Goldbaum, health officer for the Snohomish Health District said Thursday.“This is not unexpected; we've anticipated that multidrug-resistant tuberculosis would reach our county and it has,” Goldbaum said.Despite its name, patients diagnosed with the disease can be treated and cured, he added.Treatment of the two Snohomish County cases and investigation of whether the disease has spread to others is expected to cost $140,000 this year, he said.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100507/NEWS01/705079897/-1/rss02

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