my friend found out he has tuberculosis and if the medication doesnt work then he has multiple drug resistant tb and there really isnt anything the can do. i wanted to know what it is and how it is treated and then anything else you may know about multiple drug resistant tb? i have no idea what any of this means he is resistant to the multidrug resistant tb its also active tb not latent
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"my friend found out he has tuberculosis and if the medication doesnt work then he has multiple drug resistant tb and there really isnt anything the can do." -- Slow down! You're getting ahead of yourself. Just because one medication (and you said medication, not medications) doesn't work, this doesn't make the bacteria multi-drug resistant or extensively drug-resistant. And who says "there really isnt anything the can do"? And you haven't made it clear if your friend has active or latent TB. "i wanted to know what it is" -- First off, it hasn't been established that your friend's TB is resistant to anything and it hasn't been established which type of resistant organism he has, if any. There is multi-drug resistant TB and extensively-resistant TB. It would time consuming for me to discuss both so when you have a chance, Google them. You'll not only learn more about both types but treatment options will be listed as well.
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Tuberculosis or TB (short for Tubercles Bacillus) is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. There is a lot of information on the links. Too much to copy and paste
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