Innovative Abbott tests help in detecting tuberculosis and drug resistance
According to the World Health Organization, in 2014, there was an estimated 9.6 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB). TB is one of the leading, potentially-fatal infectious diseases caused by a bacterium known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) that commonly affects the lungs. In 2014, nearly 500,000 people developed resistance to the two most powerful, anti-TB […]
