Successful Treatment of a Child With Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis.

نویسندگان

  • Neele Alsleben
  • Anthony J Garcia-Prats
  • Anneke C Hesseling
  • Marianne Willemse
  • Peter R Donald
  • H Simon Schaaf
چکیده

Unlike in pulmonary multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, the clinical outcome of MDR tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in children, including extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, is poor and management is challenging. We report the successful treatment of a case of extensively drug-resistant TBM in a 4-year-old girl, and we discuss implications for tuberculosis diagnosis and chemotherapy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

دوره 4 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015