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"An Indian man with drug-resistant tuberculosis who was denied appropriate medicines by the Indian government started receiving the treatment he needed late last week.<br /><br />Amol Dhuri, a man whose case was recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal, tested positive for extensively drug-resistant TB at a respected hospital but did not receive the needed treatment because the government would not recognize the results of the test, the <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/home-page\">Wall Street Journal</a> reports.<br /><br />Last week, Dhuri received an official government TB test that confirmed the results. Later in the week, he received the powerful medications that could treat his strain of the disease.<br /><br />\"I have been taking medicines for so long that did nothing and I only got sicker and sicker,\" Dhuri said, according to the <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/home-page\">Wall Street Journal</a>. \"I hope I can finally get well and return to work.\"<br /><br />Giving TB patients ineffective treatments can allow the bacteria to mutate into more drug-resistant forms. Patients can also infect others with dangerous strains. According to the World Health Organization, TB patients transmit the disease to 10 to 15 people annually.<br /><br />Dhuri lost both of his parents to the disease several years ago and recently had to quit his job at a local business because of his condition.<br /><br />\"I have only one dream in life,\" Dhuri said, according to the <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/home-page\">Wall Street Journal</a>. \"I want to work again so I can earn enough money to get my own room in the city for me and my sister.\"<br /><br />Drug-resistant TB, which is more expensive and difficult to treat, is a major problem in India. Mumbai in particular is suffering from a major drug-resistance problem and has no lab certified to test for extremely resistant strains of the disease, the <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/home-page\">Wall Street Journal </a>reports."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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