Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs, while others ...

The dangers of drug-resistant tuberculosis: What you need to know. There were an estimated 490,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB in 2016. By Dr. Jonathan Steinman. September 8, 2018, 9:20 AM.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis rates are as high as 65.1% in one Eastern European country, and extensively drug-resistant disease have topped 10% in former Soviet Union countries and South Africa.

Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading infectious disease killers worldwide, has long posed a challenge, particularly with the rise of drug-resistant forms. However, new research offers fresh hope ...

Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses treatment challenge. Another concern is the type of TB that potentially could be coming into the U.S. James Hodges, M.D., an internist in Waco, ...

Globally, there are about 500,000 new cases of drug-resistant TB every year, about 5 percent of the 9 million new TB cases. In the United States, 1.2 percent of TB cases were multi-drug-resistant.

Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line ...

Anyone who attended St. Michael's Catholic Church in San Diego from September 22 to December 1, 2024, may have been exposed to drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).

"Multidrug-resistant TB is a major global public health problem, affecting over 400,000 people each year. It is associated with significantly poorer outcomes than drug-susceptible TB," said ...

The price of pretomanid, a key component used in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), dropped by 25% in April, to less than $1 per day, primarily owing to Indian manufacturers ...

Anyone who attended St. Michael’s Catholic Church in San Diego from September 22 to December 1, 2024, may have been exposed to drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).