matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
The stats for 'bovine' TB in humans are not as clear cut you would imagine.
When people present with suspected TB, it needs an experienced third world doctor to even spot it. Then it goes down on the notes as MTC (M. tuberculosis Complex) and is often treated as m. tuberculosis instead of m.bovis.
M.bovis requires different drugs - and they are a really nasty cocktail. But as m.bovis is part of MTC group the notes do not need to be changed.
When people present with suspected TB, it needs an experienced third world doctor to even spot it. Then it goes down on the notes as MTC (M. tuberculosis Complex) and is often treated as m. tuberculosis instead of m.bovis.
M.bovis requires different drugs - and they are a really nasty cocktail. But as m.bovis is part of MTC group the notes do not need to be changed.