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DENVER (AP) - Doctors are hopeful that Andrew Speaker's tuberculosis can be cured because it is not widespread, he is otherwise healthy and young, and his hospital has extensive experience in removing stubborn, drug-resistant infections.
"He has a number of features that make us optimistic about the potential outcome of his treatment," said Dr. Michael Iseman, senior staff physician at National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
Speaker, 31, of Atlanta, was found to have multidrug-resistant TB, which can withstand two mainline drugs used to treat tuberculosis. While in Europe last month, tests revealed he had extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, which can withstand more drugs.
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