MDR-TB May Succumb to Shorter Treatment

There’s encouraging news about treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, which killed about 210-thousand people last year. Preliminary data indicate a shorter, less painful treatment regimen is just as effective as current treatment that lasts one to two years. The findings were released at the 45th World Conference on Lung Health in Barcelona, Spain. The World Health Organization estimates there were nearly a half-million MDR-TB cases in 2013. TB is considered multi-drug resistant...

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