title: When control measures fail.
abstract: This article describes the author's long ordeal after contracting multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) from a patient in the hospital where she works. The struggle to win the battle with MDR-TB took her to a hospital far from home where she underwent surgery. In addition to physical pain, the author had to also endure frustration, depression, and loneliness.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000523:psychology*