WHO says drug-resistant TB spreads fast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_on_he_me/drug_resistant_tb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080226/capt.cps.mnl15.260208200700.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ptTweNTwm.3wL9yyPG1Y8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A security guard mans the gate of the ward of extreme drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) at the Brooklyn Infectious Disease Hospital in Cape Town in January 2008. Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis have been recorded at their highest rates ever around the globe amid shortages in funding needed to combat the disease, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Pieter Bauermeister)" border="0" /></a>AP - Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countries, the highest ever recorded, the U.N. agency said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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