Saving someone a google search hopefully: XDRTB = Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis MDRTB = Multi drug-resistant tuberculosis
Seems like it’s my week of learning a bit about tuberculosis! What’s up with the acronyms in the tuberculosis-space anyways? TB isn’t that much shorter than tuberculosis.
The search function could be a little more sensitive, but otherwise it’s a good resource. I also wish I knew the reasoning behind using all these acronyms. Maybe it’s just by virtue of its age, being isolated in 1882 -- 142 years is a lot of time to accrue terminology...
Saving someone a google search hopefully:
XDRTB = Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
MDRTB = Multi drug-resistant tuberculosis
Seems like it’s my week of learning a bit about tuberculosis! What’s up with the acronyms in the tuberculosis-space anyways? TB isn’t that much shorter than tuberculosis.
The Global TB Dictionary has been released ahead of World TB Day 2024: https://tbdictionary.org/
The search function could be a little more sensitive, but otherwise it’s a good resource. I also wish I knew the reasoning behind using all these acronyms. Maybe it’s just by virtue of its age, being isolated in 1882 -- 142 years is a lot of time to accrue terminology...