Science news articles about 'tb strains'

... based studies have suggested that antibiotic-resistant TB strains cause longer-lasting infections ... related deaths in 2005. Drug-resistant TB is caused by inconsistent or partial treatment, when patients ...

The incidence of a strain of tuberculosis (TB) called Mycobacterium bovis, or M. bovis, associated more often with cattle than humans, is increasing in San Diego and is concentrated mostly in ...

... susceptible laboratory strains and 13 XDR-TB strains isolated from TB patients in laboratory ... because of its disproportionately high number of XDR-TB cases. In some areas of South Africa, one in four ...

... at many clinics. Besides quick diagnosis, the test also could be used to distinguish treatable TB strains from those that are drug resistant, a chore that can normally take months, Hatfull said. ...

BEIJING (AP) -- More money and better science are urgently needed to rein in new strains of tuberculosis that are tough or nearly impossible to treat, the WHO announced Monday in China, where the ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Tuberculosis is mutating into dangerous, drug-resistant forms for which no cure is known, health leaders in Switzerland said.

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... effective against drug-resistant TB strains which could reduce TB incidence 10 percent ... methods examined in the study achieve their improvements in TB incidence and mortality fairly rapidly. The four ...