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10 facts about tuberculosis

DR-TB patient, Saadia, at the TB Centre, Kabul
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There were an estimated 630 000 people with MDR-TB in 2011

In some cases an even more severe form of multi-drug resistant TB may develop with bad treatment. Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is a form of TB that responds to even fewer available medicines.

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