The medical treatment of a tuberculous tracheo-oesophageal fistula.
Tracheo-oesophageal (TE) fistulas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare and usually require both surgical treatment and medical treatment with antituberculosis drugs. A patient with a tuberculous TE fistula and mediastinal lymphadenitis was successfully treated by medical management alone.
Lee
J H
JH
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Hanyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Shin
D H
DH
Kang
K W
KW
Park
S S
SS
Lee
D H
DH
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents