Successful treatment of multi-focal XDR tuberculous osteomyelitis
Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2016; 9 (4): 408-414
in English
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ABSTRACT
We herein describe the nosocomial transmission of a pre-XDR or MDR case of pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV-negative health care worker in an area endemic for MDR and XDR tuberculosis. Following inadequate therapy and non-compliance, he presented with extra-pulmonary XDR tuberculosis in the form of multi-focal osteomyelitis and encysted pleural effusion. He was cured after two years of treatment with various anti-tuberculous drugs in addition to interferon gamma
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
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English
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J. Infection Public Health
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2016
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