What is drug-resistant tb?

Emerging threat: Tb is a bacteria that is killed by certain antibiotics. When the antibiotic is unable to kill the bacteria, because said bacteria found a way to defend against the antibiotic, then they have become resistant. This is a concern since we have a limited number of effective antibiotics, when we loose them, we cannot treat TB anymore.

Bad: There is mdr and xdr different medications are required. A TB expert is essential.

Name says it all: TB is known as a cause of human disease as far back as cave man times giving it a long time to adapt to its human host. TB has a very slow reproduction rate which makes it hard for antibiotics to kill. Antibiotics usually work by stopping reproduction & letting the germ die without new ones forming. Over the years the germ has adapted & found a way to continue reproducing in spite of many abx