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Tag: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis

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What is BDQ?: Understanding Bedaquiline in Tuberculosis Treatment

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As of 2024, approximately half a million people globally are estimated to become ill with multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis annually. This public health crisis has made the development of novel treatments critical, leading to the introduction of BDQ, or bedaquiline, a medication used to combat these stubborn infections.