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This image depicted chest physician, Dr. Prabhu, and staff nurse, Mala, in the process of performing an examination and evaluation of a patient, who had defaulted on his anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT), and had now been diagnosed as a multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) suspect, while at the government hospital for chest diseases in Pondicherry, India, in 2014. Note that the patient, doctor, and nurse, were all wearing disposable facemasks preventing TB cross-contamination. The doctor was also wearing disposable latex gloves during the exam.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Tony Fredrick, India
Creation Date: 2014
Photo Credit: Tony Fredrick, India
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