Record levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis reported

Courtesy washingtonpost.com - Health  Fri, 03/19/2010 - 15:00

The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times higher in the vast area that once encompassed the Soviet Union, according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization.

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