Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Presenting as Miliary Tuberculosis without Immune Suppression: A Case Diagnosed Rapidly with the Genotypic Line Probe Assay Method / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 245-248, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-155549
ABSTRACT
Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is a rare extrapulmonary form of TB, and there have been only two reports of miliary TB associated with infection with multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB pathogen in an immunocompetent host. A 32-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abnormal findings on chest X-ray. The patient was diagnosed with MDR-TB by a line probe assay and was administered proper antituberculous drugs. After eight weeks, a solid-media drug sensitivity test revealed that the pathogen was resistant to ethambutol and streptomycin in addition to isoniazid and rifampicin. The patient was then treated with effective antituberculous drugs without delay after diagnosis of MDR-TB. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of miliary TB caused by MDR-TB pathogen in Korea.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rifampin
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Thorax
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Tuberculosis, Miliary
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Streptomycin
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Molecular Probe Techniques
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
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Diagnosis
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Ethambutol
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Isoniazid
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Korea
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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