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Aggressive TB Treatment 'Success'
Aug. 24, 2008
Tuberculosis which is resistant to many current treatments can be overcome with aggressive therapy, research suggests.
Extensively drug-resistant TB is associated with high rates of mortality and is thought to account for at least 7% of cases of the infection worldwide.
Despite fears that it is untreatable, researchers have shown a cure is possible with a combination of at least five drugs, The Lancet reported.
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For full article, visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7577266.stm
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 26 August 2008
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