Do TB Patients Have to Go Through Chemotherapy?

Published April 8, 2014

Question by Bond, James bond.: Do TB patients have to go through chemotherapy?
Why would a doctor want to put the TB patient through chemotherapy?

Best answer:

Answer by nochocolate
www.merriam-webster.com/medical/chemotherapyDefinition of CHEMOTHERAPY. : the use of chemical agents in the treatment or control of disease or mental disorder.

TB patients must take a variety of drugs for a long period of time. Also, TB is getting harder and harder to treat and may need several different drugs.

Here is an article that was in the news yesterday

Tuberculosis: Stubborn and Expensive to Treat, Drug-Resistant Strains Show Growth
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/science/drug-resistant-tuberculosis-strains-show-growth-worldwide.html

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