A case of primary drug resistant tuberculosis.
A young man presented with primary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The institution of second-line regimes with insufficient efficacy due to clinical inexperience, unreliable sensitivity reports and the inavailability of second-line drugs led to the development of an organism that was resistant to ten anti-tuberculous drugs. Accurate sensitivity testing done in an overseas laboratory enabled the institution of a six-drug regimen that has resulted in clinical cure.
Jeyakumar
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Department of Medicine, Hospital Ipoh, Perak.
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents