New Tuberculosis Strain Thwarts All Antibiotics

January 13, 2012

Physicians in India have discovered a strain of tuberculosis they call 'TDR' for 'Totally Drug-Resistant'--meaning there is no antibiotic available to fight it. Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, discusses the possible origins of the strain, and what options--if any--doctors have to treat it.

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January 13, 2012

Physicians in India have discovered a strain of tuberculosis they call 'TDR' for 'Totally Drug-Resistant'—meaning there is no antibiotic available to fight it. Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, discusses the possible origins of the strain, and what options—if any—doctors have to treat it.

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