Primary disseminated extrapulmonary multidrug resistant tuberculosis.
Indian J Med Microbiol
;
2012 Jul-Sept; 30(3): 364-366
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-143989
ABSTRACT
Disseminated tuberculosis is a common mode of presentation of tuberculosis in patients both with and without HIV/AIDS in India. However, primary multidrug resistance in disseminated tuberculosis involving only the extrapulmonary sites in an immunocompetent adult is rare. Here, we report a case of a 19-year-old man who had disseminated tuberculosis involving left pleura, pericardium, peritoneum and intraabdominal lymph nodes. He was initially taking WHO category I antituberculous drugs, but was not responding in spite of 5 months of chemotherapy. Culture of the pleural biopsy specimen grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis which was resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin. He was put on therapy for multidrug resistant tuberculosis,following 24 months of chemotherapyhe had an uneventful recovery.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pleura
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Humans
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Male
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Echocardiography
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Abdomen
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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