Experts Opinion: Curable tuberculosis remains among top 10 deadly disease

"Early diagnosis can cure TB completely. The complete course of TB treatment is minimum 6 months. In certain cases, patients do not respond to the commonly used TB treatment. There is an increase in MDR TB patients in last few years. Prevalence of MDR TB is almost 4-7 per cent," said Dr Salil Bendre, Chest Physician, Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital.