A death associated with therapy for nosocomially acquired multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is difficult and has been associated rarely with severe side effects. We report the nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to a health-care worker who was seronegative for HIV infection. She died because of liver failure associated with treatment for active multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Weltman
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Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA.
DiFerdinando
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Washko
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Lipsky
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D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission
D000995:Antitubercular Agents