Word: multidrug
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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That view appears to have been overly optimistic. Last week prison authorities in New York State revealed that 13 inmates and one guard have died of a form of tuberculosis that proved impervious to antibiotic therapy. It was the sixth major outbreak of so-called multidrug-resistant TB in the U.S. in the past two years. So far, these cases have been largely confined to AIDS patients and others with weakened immune systems. But experts fear that the disease, which kills about half those it afflicts, could spread to other groups. "TB has once again become a real killer," said...