1. A case of primary drug resistant tuberculosis.
- Author
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Jeyakumar D
- Subjects
- Adult, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Drug Therapy, Combination, Humans, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant drug therapy, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy
- Abstract
A young man presented with primary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The institution of second-line regimes with insufficient efficacy due to clinical inexperience, unreliable sensitivity reports and the inavailability of second-line drugs led to the development of an organism that was resistant to ten anti-tuberculous drugs. Accurate sensitivity testing done in an overseas laboratory enabled the institution of a six-drug regimen that has resulted in clinical cure.
- Published
- 2000