ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 2581-690X
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a lung disease which is extremely fatal if one acquires it in the air and fails to acknowledge and treat it immediately. There are currently numerous studies that are being carried out to develop new drugs to treat the disease as well as new technologies to improve present testing methods. This essay is unique in that it tell a very informative story about tuberculosis and looks at what still needs to be achieved in order to treat patients and thus prevent public and/or hospital-aquired transmissions.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Drug susceptiblity tests, Incidence and Prevalence
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