Fighting drug resistance to TB in Ghana

Emergence of drug resistance threatens to make tuberculosis (TB) untreatable. Early identification of the causation of TB and its drug susceptibility profile are essential for appropriate treatment regimen. Tuberculosis is caused by a group of closely related acid-fast bacilli called Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). There are two major biovars of the MTBC namely; M. tuberculosis […]

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