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The Evolution of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis
The World Health Organization estimates that of the cases that are reported to them, treatment is effective if it's not resistant and about 85% of cases. Drug resistant TB definitely has a major effect. In 2016, about 600,000 of those cases were resistant to at least one drug,. About 500,000 were resistant to multiple drugs.