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MDR/XDR TB – Are we into Pre Antibiotic Era?

Perspective, Volume 02 Issue 1 – January to March 2009

Authors

RV Asokan, Member, Strategy and Technical Advisory Group, WHO, Dean Hospital, Punalur.


Abstract

The current TB scenario in India and the world has been reviewed in this paper. The emerging problems of MDR Tuberculosis and XDR Tuberculosis have been detailed and the response to tackling the problem has been mentioned in detail. The role of IMA in this global fight against TB has been highlighted.


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