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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Netherlands facing large outbreak of drug resistant tuberculosis Tue Mar 16 2004 10:28:07 ET On the same day the World Health Organisation warned of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis raging in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Netherlands announced Tuesday that it is facing a large outbreak of the disease. An Eastern European patient has infected six Dutch nationals with drug-resistant tuberculosis (MRD-TB), two of whom have developed pulmonary tuberculosis, the Dutch KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation and the Dutch Association of Municipal Health Services said in a joint press release. "Although new cases cannot be ruled out as of yet, the outbreak is now under control," the statement said. This is the first major outbreak of the disease in the Netherlands. Up to now the country had reported five to 10 isolated cases of drug-resistant TB each year. Usually the patients were not Dutch nationals, the health organizations said. Developing... |
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