Tryst and treatment of an unusual case of MDR CNS tuberculosis.
A case of multidrug resistance central nervous system tuberculosis is described. During the initial 6 months of therapy, intracranial embolic spread of tuberculomas from exudates around the proximal left middle cerebral artery was seen. This phenomenon was reported earlier. Further management, therapeutic considerations, particularly with secondary and tertiary line of antitubercular medication and neuroimaging are discussed.
Department of Neurology, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India. anoopkohli009@gmail.com
Anoop
A
Kohli
Nadeem Israr
NI
Khan
Omkar Prasad
OP
Choudhury
Jignesh Ramji
JR
Lodhari
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020306:Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents