title: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in an HIV-infected girl.
abstract: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection poses multiple challenges for treatment, and has a high mortality. MDR-TB coinfection with HIV has been reported in African children. In India, we did not come across any report of HIV and MDRTB coinfection in children, though such coinfection has been reported in adults. A 9-year-old HIV-infected girl requiring antiretroviral therapy (ART) developed MDR-TB and responded to second-line antituberculous therapy.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric HIV Clinic and TB Clinic, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. irashah@pediatriconcall.com
authors.forename: Ira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Sweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohanty
mesh_terms: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D060085:Coinfection; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents