Wednesday, January 11, 2012
microculture: 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.

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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.

Posted at 12:11 PM 550 notes Reblogged from microculture Tags: tuberculosis

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  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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  16. lexxasaur reblogged this from daveak and added:
    Carothers better watch his back.
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  19. fumblingtomakecontactttt reblogged this from microculture and added:
    It is honestly really scary...mutated enough to...to treat...
  20. daveak reblogged this from metalmistress1349 and added:
    inb4 zombie ‘pocalypse
  21. charcoala reblogged this from demonauphe and added:
    omg we are so fucked.
  22. punkass-bookjockey reblogged this from beardsbeerandliterarybadassery and added:
    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
  23. c-athedral reblogged this from fyeahmedlab and added:
    we’re fucked y’all
  24. demonauphe reblogged this from platypipopsicle
  25. mutedlark reblogged this from pennabutts and added:
    Or maybe it’s not gonna be a good day.
  26. pennabutts reblogged this from runicbasso and added:
    Wellp. We’re fucked. Call it in, folks.
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  31. justoneinsixbillion reblogged this from pigtailsandafrillyskirt and added:
    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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  35. ohfuckitsoprah reblogged this from consultingdiddler and added:
    Yeah… lemme postpone that backpacking trip until I’m not fucking terrified. D: My thoughts are with everyone exposed.
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