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Jan. 13, 2012
New Tuberculosis Strain Thwarts All Antibiotics
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| Physicians in India have discovered a strain of tuberculosis they call ‘TDR’ for ‘Totally Drug-Resistant’--meaning there is no antibiotic available to fight it. Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, discusses the possible origins of the strain, and what options--if any--doctors have to treat it. |
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Maryn McKenna
Author, "Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA," (Free Press, 2010)
Blogger, Wired
Atlanta, Georgia
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