Drug - resistant tuberculosis is on the rise , with some strains immune to all major drugs . Extensively resistant TB reported in many countries but is likely to be in many more . About 450,000 new drug - resistant TB cases reported worldwide in 2008 . says 31-year-old Andile from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town , South Africa . ` ` It 's probably in every country , '' one expert .
Drug - resistant tuberculosis is on the rise , with some strains immune to all major drugs . Extensively resistant TB reported in many countries but is likely to be in many more . About 450,000 new drug - resistant TB cases reported worldwide in 2008 . ` ` It 's probably in every country , '' one expert .