Confirmed tuberculosis cases that are drug-resistant versus
drug-susceptible, World, 2019

Some tuberculosis patients have bacteria that can die with the standard antibiotic treatment, rifampicin, while others do not. Thisshows the number of tuberculosis cases whose bacteria are confirmed to be susceptible to rifampicin, versus those have beenconfirmed to be drug-resistant. Only a fraction of tuberculosis cases have their bacteria tested to confirm whether they aresusceptible or resistant to drugs.

1.92 million51,3058,785Rifampicin susceptibleMultidrug-resistantExtensively drug-resistant

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Confirmed tuberculosis cases that are drug-resistant versus drug-susceptible

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