<s>[INST] Is TB treatable? [/INST] Yes. TB can be cured, including in people living with HIV. The treatment uses a
combination of powerful antibiotics over a long period (at least six months) to attack the
bacteria and ensure their eradication. It is important that people who have the disease
are identified at the earliest possible stage, so that they can receive proper treatment,
contacts can be traced for investigation of TB, and measures can be taken to minimize
the risk to others. It is very important that the complete course of all prescribed
medicines is completed otherwise there is a risk that the TB bacteria become resistant to
the drugs.
Some strains of TB bacteria have now acquired resistance to one or more of the
antibiotics commonly used to treat them; these are known as drug-resistant strains.
Treatment for these infections is much longer and much more expensive.  Source: UNAIDS. Link: https://data.unaids.org/pub/factsheet/2006/tb_hiv_qa.pdf. Field: Lung Disease. Disease: Tuberculosis </s>