But TB treatment has been shadowed by the specter of drug resistance since the dawn of the antibiotic era.  Fifteen years ago, an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in New York City induced near panic, before a massive infusion of funds into the public health infrastructure turned the tide in the United States, and public interest waned.
Vývoj chemoterapie proti TBC ve 40. až 70. letech 20. století proměnil kdysi vražedný „bílý mor“ ve vyléčitelnou nemoc.