Tuberculosis (TB) is the second deadliest infectious disease, causing 1.5 million deaths globally every year. More than 80%1 of cases and deaths due to TB occur in lower- and middle-income countries.
KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has warned the public not to use hospitals as "political playgrounds" after people demonstrated outside Thulasizwe Hospital in Ulundi.
The assistant district health officer, Mr Henry Lulu said since 2014, the district has treated more than 5,000 TB cases but the increasing cases of MDR TB are worrying.
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): To enable clinicians to rapidly test for TB and multidrug resistance as a first-line test, BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD Lifesciences (Becton, Dickinson, and Company), today introduced the BD MAX molecular diagnostic system and availability of the BD MAX MDR-TB panel in India.