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multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis
UN, AIDS.
tuberculosis reacia a la medicación
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multiple drug resistant tuberculosis
MDR-TB
med.
A form of tuberculosis
TB
that is resistant to the two most effective antibiotics commonly used to cure TB infection
isoniazid and rifampin
. People infected with multiple drug resistant-TB
MDR-TB
are at high risk for treatment failure. They are also at risk for further drug resistance, which can lead to life-threatening disease—extensively drug resistant tuberculosis
XDR-TB
.
see also
drug resistance
,
extensively drug resistant tuberculosis
,
tuberculosis
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