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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even in poor countries, aggressive treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in HIV-negative patients can achieve high cure rates, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine for August ...

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Tuberculosis resistant to most drugs can still be cured in 60 percent of cases using aggressive treatment with at least five drugs, doctors reported on Wednesday. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 22 hours ago
Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has cropped up in 49 countries, including the U.S. Its diagnosis is considered to be a virtual death sentence. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
In resource-limited settings where tuberculosis is a major cause of death among HIV patients and where a multidrug-resistant TB epidemic is emerging, researchers are pressing for approaches to integrate tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment into ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 22 hours ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - Tuberculosis resistant to most drugs can still be cured in 60 percent of cases using aggressive treatment with at least five drugs, doctors reported on Wednesday. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 22 hours ago
More than 60 per cent of patients diagnosed with a type of tuberculosis that is very difficult to treat were cured with aggressive drug treatment, a study from Peru suggests. ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 9 hours ago
A new study assessed the results of an effort to improve TB treatment in Lima, Peru, and found that aggressive treatment can cure 60% of patients with the most drug-resistant form of the disease. ...

Source: www.medicinenet.com --- 1 day ago
Title: U.S. Immigrants Bearing More of the TB Burden Category: Health News Created: 7/23/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/23/2008 ...

Source: thescotsman.scotsman.com --- 15 hours ago
AN ELDERLY resident of an Aberdeen care home was being treated in hospital yesterday with a suspected case of the potentially deadly disease tuberculosis. ...

Source: www.medicinenet.com --- 1 day ago
Title: Drug Resistance Is Slowing Global Fight Against TB Category: Health News Created: 8/2/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2008 ...

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Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 7 hours ago
The death sentence that too often accompanies a diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) can be commuted if an individualized outpatient therapy program is followed - even in countries with limited resources and a heavy burden of TB. A study conducted in Peru between 1999 and 2002 shows that more than 60 percent of XDR-TB patients not co-infected with HIV were cured after receiving the bulk of their personalized treatment at home or in community-based settings. ...

Source: www.medpagetoday.com --- 23 hours ago
BOSTON -- Most patients in one large-scale program were cured of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) with individualized outpatient regimens of second-line antibiotics, researchers here said. ...

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So far, health officials have documented nine people who tested positive for tuberculosis in cases linked to a Canyon County work-release inmate who was actively ill with the disease. ...

Source: blogs.thenewstribune.com --- 16 hours ago
Our Tuesday briefing from coach Tyrone Willingham included these notes: * Most Huskies did "pretty well" in their annual start-of-camp conditioning ... ...

Source: www.thefalcoholic.com --- 23 hours ago
Favre To TB? Listening to the Packers press conference live right now. He is officially done in GB. Read a couple places that he is going to the Bucs? ...

Source: www.birminghampost.net --- 1 day ago
A patient at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton has tested positive for tuberculosis. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 6 hours ago
Washington, Aug 7 : Drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) can be effectively treated with aggressive drug treatment, say researchers. ...

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