XDR-TB

Patients who fail to finish previous rounds of drugs can develop extensively drug resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, the least common but most deadly form ...  

School officials say 25 of the 175 students and staff members tested for tuberculosis at Meadowcreek High School had positive readings and now must have a chest X-ray. Sloan Roach, spokeswoman for Gwinnett ...  

School officials say 25 of the 175 students and staff members tested for tuberculosis at Meadowcreek High School had positive readings and now must have a chest X-ray.  

New figures showing a rise in the number of domestic cats contracting bovine tuberculosis have prompted claims the disease is out of control.  

Last week his wish came true with the unveiling of his photos, which show the global impact of XDR-TB (extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis), ...  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj8KZNI6-W8 The Boston Globe: Nachtwey’s Wish: Awareness of XDR-TB Well-known and influential photojournalist James Nachtwey won the TED Prize last year, and as part of his award, he made a wish for help - help in bringing a story to light that he felt was...  

MANILA, Philippines - The Malabon City Health Department (MCHD) on Thursday announced it is intensifying its efforts against tuberculosis (TB), ...  

... resistant tuberculosis or MDR-TB (ie strains that are resistant to at least both isoniazid and rifampicin, two first-line anti-TB drugs) and XDR-TB ...  

New Zealand scientists have made a number of critical contributions to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB); yet still one New Zealander a day is ...  

Information about extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis For the first time ever, a rare and hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis has been diagnosed in Fresno County, health officials said Tuesday.  

Tuberculosis (TB) detection under the national TB control program in China follows passive case-finding guidelines, which could be influenced by the ...  

Nachtwey's was to use his skills as a photojournalist to raise global awareness of 'extensively drug resistant tuberculosis' (XDR-TB for short) and in the ...  

The focus of his story, revealed today,, is XDR-TB, or extremely drug resistant TB, an all-but incurable disease that has now spread to 49 countries and ...  

Marasigan immediately ordered that those positively with TB and those who have symptoms of tuberculosis to be isolated in an area to avoid the spread of the ...  

Starting today, Minnesota’s status for bovine tuberculosis control is upgraded in all but a management area in northwest Minnesota, the US Department of ...