The New Yorker: A Deadly Misdiagnosis
Is it possible to save the millions of people who die from TB?
by Michael Specter

LETTER FROM INDIA about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Vaccines and antibiotics have long been seen as touchstones of medical progress. To stop tuberculosis, however, particularly in the developing world, an accurate diagnostic exam would be just as valuable.

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“A new automated test for drug-resistant tuberculosis gives accurate results in two hours instead of four to eight weeks, scientists said last week, and public health officials greeted the news enthusiastically, saying it could greatly speed up diagnosis.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/07global.html