Resistance to the antibiotics that specifically target the tuberculosis (TB) bacillus is a severe challenge in developing countries, yet seems relatively uncommon among subjects born in France who have not previously been treated for TB. So concludes an important study by Jérôme Robert and his team (Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène) in the forthcoming issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ). [click link for full article]

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