Article - Tuberculosis: TDR and XDR war of terminologies

There is nice Article on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Types in Current Science, Volume 102, Issue 5, March 10 2012 

TB is broadly divided into three categories: Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis  (MDR-TB), extensively drug-resistant  tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and totally drugresistant  tuberculosis (TDR-TB). MDRTB  is resistant to the two most powerful  first-line anti-TB drugs, isoniazidand  rifampicin. XDR-TB is a form of TB  caused by bacteria that are resistant to  the most effective anti-TB drugs, or  strains that have emerged from the mismanagement  of MDR-TB. TDR-TB is a  form of TB which is resistant to all currently  used drugs. It was first discovered

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