Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: "In memoriam of Sir John Crofton (1912–2009), The greatest disaster that can happen to a patient with tuberculosis is that his organisms become resistant to two or more of the standard drugs... The development of drug resistance may be a tragedy not only for the patient himself but for others. For he can infect other people with his drug-resistant organisms...

The World Health Organization (WHO)...

World Health Organization. (2010) Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB):
2010 Global report on surveillance and response. WHO. info:other/978 92 4 159919 1

Gillespie, S. (2002) Evolution of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Clinical and Molecular Perspective. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 46(2), 267-274. DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.267-274.2002 Evolution of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Clinical and Molecular Perspective

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