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India Reports Completely Drug-Resistant TB Over the past 48 hours, news has broken in India of the existence of at least 12 patients infected with tuberculosis that has become resistant to all the drugs used against the disease. Physicians in Mumbai are calling the strain TDR, for Totally Drug-Resistant. In other words, it is untreatable as far as they know.

India Reports Completely Drug-Resistant TB

Over the past 48 hours, news has broken in India of the existence of at least 12 patients infected with tuberculosis that has become resistant to all the drugs used against the disease. Physicians in Mumbai are calling the strain TDR, for Totally Drug-Resistant. In other words, it is untreatable as far as they know.

Source: Wired
High-res Notes: 503 View comments 1/11/12 — 12:07pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZYZOLyEcK4Ts Filed under: #Science  #Microbiology  #Bacteria  #Tuberculosis  #TDR-TB 
 
  1. thatbonegirl reblogged this from sexgenderbody and added:
    oh this can’t be good
  2. tfnylol reblogged this from microculture and added:
    your flights to india everybody we don’t need this shit on top of everything else
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    Carothers better watch his back.
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    It is honestly really scary...mutated enough to...to treat...
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    inb4 zombie ‘pocalypse
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    omg we are so fucked.
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    ok well now I believe the end of the world is coming and we are all going to die I am never leaving my house at again
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    Or maybe it’s not gonna be a good day.
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    Wellp. We’re fucked. Call it in, folks.
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    well shit. and they’ll still be admitted to the hospital anyway. hola astronaut hat. that’s what i refer to it as,...
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    Yeah… lemme postpone that backpacking trip until I’m not fucking terrified. D: My thoughts are with everyone exposed.
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    Oh boy, and so it begins.
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