World TB Day 2017: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: special issue on TB

To mark World TB Day 2017 and the launch of a new Commission on drug-resistant TB, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine's April issue is about TB.

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A Commission on drug-resistant TB: the war must continue

Executive summary

“Practices for the management of individual patients in settings with a high tuberculosis burden are not sufficient to prevent the emergence, amplification, and spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis” is one of the key messages from The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission, led by Keertan Dheda from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The Commission focuses on multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis, and highlights the growing burden of disease, its implications for patient management, as well as social and legal aspects. The authors also provide practical solutions for tackling emerging resistant cases—an exponentially increasing concern in high-burden countries.