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This illustration depicts a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a cluster of rod-shaped drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis (TB). The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron micrographic imagery.

TB is among the most common infectious diseases and a frequent cause of death worldwide. TB is spread most commonly through the air. M. tuberculosis can affect any part of the body, but disease is found most often in the lungs. In most cases, TB is treatable and curable with the available first-line TB drugs; however, in some cases, M. tuberculosis can be resistant to one or more of these drugs. Drug-resistant TB is more challenging to treat — it can be complex and requires more time and more expensive drugs that often have more side effects. Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR TB) is resistant to most TB drugs; therefore, patients are left with treatment options that are much less effective. The major factors driving TB drug resistance are incomplete or wrong treatment, short drug supply, and lack of new drugs. In the United States most drug-resistant TB is found among persons born outside of the country.
CDC/ James Archer
2013
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Medical Illustrator


  • CDC – CDC News Room; Digital Press Kit: i>”Untreatable: Today’s Drug-Resistant Health Threats”


  • CDC - Division of Tuberculosis Elimination; Tuberculosis: Fact Sheet

    CDC Organization

    MeSH
    tree pictureBiological Sciences
    tree picturetree pictureBiological Phenomena, Cell Phenomena, and Immunity
    tree picturetree picturetree pictureBiological Phenomena
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMicrobiologic Phenomena
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureDrug Resistance, Microbial
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureDrug Resistance, Bacterial
    tree picturetree pictureChemical and Pharmacologic Phenomena
    tree picturetree picturetree pictureDrug Resistance
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureDrug Resistance, Microbial
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureDrug Resistance, Bacterial
    tree pictureOrganisms
    tree picturetree pictureBacteria
    tree picturetree picturetree pictureGram-Positive Bacteria
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureActinobacteria
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureActinomycetales
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMycobacteriaceae
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMycobacterium
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMycobacterium tuberculosis
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureGram-Positive Rods
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureGram-Positive Asporogenous Rods
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureGram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMycobacteriaceae
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMycobacterium
    tree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree picturetree pictureMycobacterium tuberculosis

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