February 2, 2011 Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
by Raviglione and Smith, NEJM, February 15 2007, Vol 356 (7)
Beyond the existence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the most resilient strain of tuberculosis, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis, is increasingly making its presence known. The misuse of second-line drugs has fueled a global health problem whose solution-new classes of anti-tuberculosis drugs-may not appear for at least several more years. In light of this dearth of tools against XDR tuberculosis, what are clinicians to do?
http://www.nextgenmd.org/archives/521
by Raviglione and Smith, NEJM, February 15 2007, Vol 356 (7)
Beyond the existence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the most resilient strain of tuberculosis, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis, is increasingly making its presence known. The misuse of second-line drugs has fueled a global health problem whose solution-new classes of anti-tuberculosis drugs-may not appear for at least several more years. In light of this dearth of tools against XDR tuberculosis, what are clinicians to do?
http://www.nextgenmd.org/archives/521
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