In Pursuit of Better Weapons to Combat TB Sep 3, 2008
Tuberculosis remains a stubborn foe despite the efforts of the public and private sector's efforts to deploy new antibiotics and diagnostic tools against a disease that thrives on poverty and ignorance. LENDING A HELPING HAND: Lubov Potaskaeva, 85 years old and sick with tuberculosis, relies on an outreach program and the aid of a neighbor to treat her disease. (Scientific American)
Older Antibiotic Might Speed Tuberculosis Recovery Dec 20, 2007
MedlinePlus: Older antibiotic might speed TB recovery. Older antibiotic might speed TB recovery. (MEDLINEplus)
Older drug might speed TB treatment Dec 18, 2007
"It is kind of a resurrection story." Nuermberger said the drug would probably not work against multi-drug resistant or MDR tuberculosis, a strain that can survive the effects of most antibiotics, because it is so similar to Rifampin - one of the drugs useless against MDR TB.. About 1. (India Times, India)
South Africa: Treat Drug Resistant TB in the Communities Nov 10, 2007
com: South Africa: Treat MDR TB in the Communities (Page 1 of 1). Use our pull-down menus to find more stories. (allAfrica.com)
Quarantined man has lesser form of TB Jul 5, 2007
" In a statement, Speaker, a 31-year-old personal-injury attorney, chided the CDC for its initial misdiagnosis and the way it handled his case. "In the future, I hope they realize the terribly chilling effect they can have when they come after someone and their family on a personal level," Speaker said. "They can, in a few days, destroy an entire family's reputation, ability to make a living and good name. " Speaker's father-in-law, Dr. Robert Cooksey, is a microbiologist at the CDC. Using a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Man's TB severity downgraded Jul 4, 2007
Both XDR and MDR tuberculosis are rare and the distinction between them involves how many antibiotics are effective in killing the bacteria. Of about 14,000 new TB cases in the United States each year, only about 125 are classified as multidrug resistant, Cohen said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Rapid spread of disease alarms experts May 22, 2007
" In the past few months, XDR has been identified in every one of South Africa's provinces, in rural villages and in city centres, and TB experts say there is no question that it is also spreading across other countries in southern Africa. However, those countries do not have the infrastructure to diagnose it, and so deaths from XDR are going unrecorded. Just as AIDS treatment is finally beginning to reach into all corners of South Africa and its neighbours, there is a very real possibility that... (Globe and Mail)
