Drug resistant tuberculous meningitis in the Philippines: report of a case.
A fatal case of tuberculous meningitis caused by a multiply-resistant tubercle bacillus is described, the first such case from Southeast Asia. Increased efforts to isolate Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the cerebrospinal fluid and determine the extent and pattern of drug resistance are necessary if the high mortality from this disease is to be reduced.
Watt
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U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Manila, Philippines.
Selkon
J B
JB
Bautista
S
S
Laughlin
L W
LW
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents