Cases off illness on the increase; The World Today.CASES of drug resistant tuberculosis are on the increase in the UK, experts warned today. Researchers studied the latest TB resistance trends by studying data on 28,620 infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2005. During this time, the proportion of cases resistant to any first line drug rose from 5.6 per cent to 7.9 per cent. Outside London a significant increase in resistance to one drug, isoniazid isoniazid (ī'sōnī`əzĭd), drug used to treat tuberculosis. Also known as isonicotinic acid hydrazide, isoniazid is the most effective antituberculosis drug currently available. , was linked to immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. . Many of these patients came from sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent where they may have developed immunity to the drug. |
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