ABSTRACT
We report a case of a patient suffering from multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-PTB) who later developed an invasive infection of the respiratory tract with a rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), recently identified as Mycobacterium massiliense, closely related to M. abscessus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of M. massiliense infection being reported from India.
Subject(s)
Drug Resistance, Microbial , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/microbiology , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/isolation & purification , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology , Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/drug therapy , Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/drug effects , Sputum/microbiology , Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/microbiology , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapyABSTRACT
To assess the proportion of tuberculosis (TB) patients diagnosed in three medical colleges in the states of West Bengal and Meghalaya who benefited from the services provided under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), a line list of patients with reports of investigations suggesting probable or confirmed TB was prepared from the records of the pathology, radiology and microbiology departments. This was compared with another line list prepared using RNTCP records. Only 150 (36%) of 420 probable or confirmed TB patients were referred to the RNTCP services. This suggests a need for more intensive supervision and training of medical college faculty.
