An Unusual Case of Multidrug Resistant Miliary Tuberculosis

AuthorElif Torun Parmaksizen
AuthorBenan Caglayanen
AuthorNesrin Kiralen
AuthorCoskun Doganen
AuthorBanu Salepcien
AuthorSevda Comerten
Issued Date2016-10-01en
AbstractIntroduction: Miliary Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare and lethal form of TB and needs urgent detection and treatment. Miliary TB due to drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is even more difficult to manage. We present clinical and bacteriologic findings of a rare case of miliary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Case Presentation: Our case was a young female patient with in vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancy, who had radiological diagnosis of miliary TB and had not responded to antituberculous therapy with four drugs. Second line antituberculous drugs were started empirically and definite diagnosis of MDR-TB was obtained by culture and drug susceptibility test of biopsy specimens. Conclusions: Although very rare, MDR miliary TB can be seen in immunocompetent subjects. We, thereby, emphasize that early recognition and initiation of treatment are associated with a significant improvement in outcomes. Tuberculosis remains a serious worldwide health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/archcid.37805en
KeywordTuberculosisen
KeywordMiliary Tuberculosisen
KeywordMultidrug Resistant Tuberculosisen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleAn Unusual Case of Multidrug Resistant Miliary Tuberculosisen
TypeCase Reporten

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