XDR TB

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eXtensively Drug-Resistant TuBerculosis

XDR TB is a recently defined subtype of multi-drug resistant TB and can cause severe illness and death.

Like all forms of TB, XDR TB is a disease caused by germs that are spread person-to-person through the air. In a case at the end of May 2007, a infected patient traveled on two trans-Atlantic air flights and in doing so, may have exposed passengers and crew to XDR TB.

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