Nearly half a million cases of MDR-TB now occur each year, and have been detected in every country in the world, including the UK, reports [s]The Independent[/s]. London, with 681 cases of MDR-TB recorded in 2012, and nearly 3,500 cases of TB overall, is regarded as the ‘TB capital of Western Europe’. Globally, only half of MDR-TB’s victims survive.
[link url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/resurgence-of-tb-poses-grave-threat-worldwide-9195856.html]Full Report in The Independent[/link]