Doctors have diagnosed the first ever UK case of a virtually untreatable strain of tuberculosis, marking a further step in the disease's fightback against the antibiotics that once kept it in check. A man in his 30s is in isolation at a hospital in Glasgow and is being treated with a cocktail of antibiotics in an effort to control the extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the Guardian has learnt. A spokeswoman at Gartnavel general hospital confirmed the case and said health officers were tracing people who may have come into close contact with the man.
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Extremely Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB) diagnosed in Britain - The Times 22nd March 2008
Drug-resistant TB case confirmed - BBC Health News 21st March 2008
Man diagnosed with first ever British case of 'untreatable' tuberculosis strain - Daily Mail 21st March 2008
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