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Taking a common antibiotic could more than half the risk of children becoming sick with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), according to findings presented this week at a conference on lung health.
Two clinical trials show how Levofloxacin, given once daily to children over six months, prevented infection in five-year-olds exposed to MDR-TB by 56 per cent and in adolescents by 45 per cent