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Hace 7 a帽os Leydi, a煤n siendo una adolescente y sin el conocimiento de estar frente a una enfermedad tan complicada como la tuberculosis, no culmin贸 su tratamiento. Hoy, a sus 21 a帽os la TB reapareci贸; sin embargo, esta vez volvi贸 en su versi贸n m谩s agresiva: Tuberculosis extensamente resistente (TB XDR).

In this TB-HIV comorbidity component, the laboratory at the San Juan de Lurigancho hospital will be strengthened and provided with innovative testing equipment for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and its resistant forms, as well as tests for monitoring TB/HIV co-infection.