First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in U.S.

When drugs stop working, part one of a five-part series
Sunday, December 27, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST

EDITOR'S NOTE: Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back, as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug resistance worldwide. First of a five-part series.

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