Posted on Aug 11, 2022
TB is good at resisting antibiotics. Here are some new ideas to outsmart the bacteria
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Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection of the lungs that can be fatal. The World Health Organization estimates 1.5 million people died of the disease worldwide in 2020. It remains a persistent foe in large part because the bacteria can mutate and evolve to develop resistance to our antibiotics (often within a patient, which can lead to relapse).
Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection of the lungs that can be fatal. The World Health Organization estimates 1.5 million people died of the disease worldwide in 2020. It remains a persistent foe in large part because the bacteria can mutate and evolve to develop resistance to our antibiotics (often within a patient, which can lead to relapse).
TB is good at resisting antibiotics. Here are some new ideas to outsmart the bacteria
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I was exposed to TB when I served in the ER as a medic. I test + but it has never manifested. Actually we were exposed to many pathogens.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."But because it's challenging to look at a patient's tuberculosis bacteria for all possible mutations, the findings of this work will take time to reach clinics and TB wards. In the meantime, the researchers have made the data from these studies publicly available in an effort to accelerate the fight against the disease. "It's a much bigger project than we can do on our own," Iqbal says."
..."But because it's challenging to look at a patient's tuberculosis bacteria for all possible mutations, the findings of this work will take time to reach clinics and TB wards. In the meantime, the researchers have made the data from these studies publicly available in an effort to accelerate the fight against the disease. "It's a much bigger project than we can do on our own," Iqbal says."
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