PREVENTION OF MULTI DRUG RESISTANT,EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT AND TOTAL DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis occurs world wide and remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in many countries.In 2013 there were an estimated 9 million new cases of tuberculosis and an estimated 11 million prevalent cases causing death to 1.5 million people globally. There were an estimated 2.2 million (26% of the total cases) new cases in India and 0.28 million people died in our country due to tuberculosis in 2013. It is a cause for concern as India stands first in terms of absolute number of cases, closely followed by China (1). It is a real paradox because pathogenesis, transmission, prevention, diagnosis and specific therapy are all well known for tuberculosis.