New case of deadly TB strain confirmed
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_he_me/south_africa_killer_tb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.88d917f299a141beb8c522225c5adb96.south_africa_killer_tb_cpn104.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=gzdFmjcymyfJIwOAxL9QkA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="An 8 month old child outside the Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, where a killer strain of drug resistant TB has been discovered. The drug-resistant tuberculosis in eastern South Africa is likely to have spread beyond the rural area where 52 of the 53 people first diagnosed with the new strain have died. (AP Photo/Alistair Sinclair)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman who left the hospital even though she'd been diagnosed with a deadly new TB strain is the first confirmed case of the strain in South Africa's most populous province, health officials said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>