Via BBC News, excerpt :
" Tuberculosis which appears to be totally resistant to antibiotic treatment has been reported for the first time by Indian doctors.
Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar 'incurable' TB emerging in Italy and Iran.
Doctors in Mumbai said 12 patients had a "totally drug resistant" form of the infection, and three have died.
The Indian Health Ministry is investigating the cases and has sent a team of doctors to Mumbai.
TB is one of the world's biggest killers, second only to HIV among infectious diseases.
Normally a patient with TB is given a six to nine month course of antibiotics to eradicate it."
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