Friday, March 24, 2006

U.S. Tuberculosis cases at an all-time low in 2005, but drug resistance increasing

U.S. Tuberculosis cases at an all-time low in 2005, but drug resistance increasing: "The latest national surveillance data show that tuberculosis (TB) rates reached an all-time low in the United States in 2005, but progress to eliminate TB is slowing.1 Furthermore, the increasing occurrence of drug-resistant TB, including extensively drug-resistant cases, presents significant challenges to treatment and control of the disease both in the United States and abroad."

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