But because it is a live vaccine, a weakened strain of bovine tuberculosis, it can cause its own problem — "disseminated BCG disease," a type of bacterial infection that can rage through the body.
Although sheetlike calcification is more commonly associated with benign causes of peritoneal calcification (peritoneal dialysis, tuberculosis) it may be seen in its malignant counterpart (22%).
That is because, unlike malaria and tuberculosis, it is incurable.
"If this was about tuberculosis, it would be called an epidemic," another researcher wrote in an editorial accompanying the report.
But Liu had his facts tangled: Modigliani died at thirty-five, from tuberculosis; it was his mistress who committed suicide.
Although the substance was effective against strains of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, including M. tuberculosis, it was extremely toxic when given to test animals.
If doctors suspect drug-resistant tuberculosis, it can take up to three months to grow enough to see which antibiotics will kill it.
The disease control agency said that because it was the first airline contact investigation for extremely drug resistant tuberculosis, it was not sure that current recommendations were adequate to determine the possible range and risk of transmission on infection.
One of the last portraits of the artist's lover and muse, who was 22 and pregnant with their second child when she leaped to her death the day after the artist died of tuberculosis, it was a powerful image.
Because America is holding out for a narrow ambit for any new provisions on compulsory licensing, restricting them to drugs for such diseases as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, it looks unlikely that a deal will be struck by the original target date of the end of this year.
In cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, it is crucial to rule out resistance to second-line antituberculous (anti-TB) agents.
