Study warns of emergence, spread of resistance to new drug-resistant TB treatments

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A new study indicates resistance to shorter and less toxic drug regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is emerging and spreading between patients. In a letter published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and Georgia’s National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases say analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes from 27 countries

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