Drug-resistant tuberculosis plagues the former U.S.S.R.

Darkfrog submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (www.nytimes.com)

In 1994, experts believed that drug-resistant TB would not become a mainstream problem, that it would be restricted to immunosuppressed patients. It's in the world, though, and we have to deal with it.

Strains of tuberculosis resistant to first-line drugs are increasing in prevalence in the countries that once comprised the Soviet Union. The antibiotics to correct are one hundred times more expensive than standard and must be taken for two years.

Keywords: drug-resistant bacteria drug-resistant tuberculosis antibiotic-resistant bacteria antibiotics epidemics