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...multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). It is typically used in combination with [[bedaquiline]] and [[li ...nsively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), or with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) who are treatment-intolerant or non-responsive.

== Mycobacterium tuberculosis == ...acterium]] that causes [[tuberculosis]] in humans. It is a member of the [[Mycobacterium]] genus and the family [[Mycobacteriaceae]].

...), pronounced as /ˈmʌltiˌdrʌɡ rɪˈzɪstənt tiː biː/, is a specific form of [[tuberculosis]] that is resistant to at least two of the most potent [[antituberculosis d ...on for "tuberculosis", a disease caused by the bacterium ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]''.

== Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex == ...ved from the Greek ''mykes'' (fungus) and ''bakterion'' (small rod), and ''tuberculosis'', which is derived from the Latin ''tuberculum'' (small swelling).

...are also resistant to second-line medications, and are called extensively drug-resistant TB ([[XDR-TB]]). Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is pronounced as mul-ti-drug re-sis-tant too-ber-cu-lo-sis.