Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB was identified in 221 of the culture-positive patients (41%), including 53 with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB (here defined as resistant to isoniazid ...

Now, researchers have found that better tuberculosis surveillance programmes could have delayed the emergence of extensively drug-resistant strains of TB called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

Mumbai: A whole genome sequencing (WBS) study of 600 tuberculosis (TB) patients, who did not respond to initial treatment, revealed that 51% had the worst form of TB infection called pre ...