South Africa trial shows promise for drug-resistant TB regimen Updated
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Almost all patients who received a new treatment for highly drug-resistant tuberculosis are still clear of the disease two years after a medical trial in South Africa, findings from a long-term study showed Thursday.
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By comparison, five years ago if you were diagnosed with a drug resistant TB, at five years after diagnosis, eighty percent of people had passed on, lead researcher Dr. Pauline Howell told AFP on Thursday.
The findings, which have yet to be published, were presented this week at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), held online this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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