It is clear that the spread of this strain of TB is closely associated with a high prevalence of HIV and poor infection control; in other countries where XDR-TB strains have arisen, drug resistance has arisen from mismanagement of cases or poor patient compliance with drug treatment instead of being transmitted from person to person. It is now clear that the problem has been around for much longer than health department officials have suggested, and is far more extensive. See also
Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB)
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis treatment

References
External links
World Health Organization Stop TB Department
Stop TB Partnership
The Global Plan to Stop TB
Advocacy to Control TB Internationally - ACTION
International Standards of TB Care
Video: Drug-Resistant TB in Russia July 24, 2007, Woodrow Wilson Center event featuring Salmaan Keshavjee and Murray Feshbach
XDRTB.org: Spread the Story. Stop the Disease. (photo documentary of XDR-TB by James Nachtwey)
TB Drug Resistance Mutation Database
British Red Cross helps combat TB
The Strange, Isolated Life of a Tuberculosis Patient in the 21st Century
Population Services International.
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