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Indian, WHO Officials To Meet To Discuss Managing Cases Of Highly Drug-Resistant TB
Health officials from India and the WHO are scheduled to meet in Mumbai on Tuesday to discuss how to manage the cases of at least 12 patients infected with a highly drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) strain, Bloomberg reports (Narayan, 1/17). "The 'totally drug-resistant' tuberculosis (TDR-TB) reportedly emerging in India is actually an advanced stage of drug-resistant TB, which researchers called totally drug-resistant for lack of a better term," IRIN notes (1/17).
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