Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis Strikes India

thecallus:

A new entity-ominously called Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB )-has been isolated in the fluid samples of 12 TB patients in the past three months alone at Hinduja Hospital at Mahim . The hospital’s laboratory has been certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) to test TB patients for drug resistance.

The fatality rate for TDR-TB is 100%. “Totally” is not a euphemism or an exaggeration. There is no cure. Tuberculosis is easily transmitted through human populations in close contact.

This is god-damned frightening.

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  1. powerllama reblogged this from thecallus and added:
    This is god-damned frightening.
  2. littleorphanammo said: NOT. GOOD.
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