title: Ventricular tachycardia in a disseminated MDR-TB patient: a case report and brief review of literature.
abstract: Although significant breakthroughs have been achieved in tuberculosis management, we still encounter numerous difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Additionally, a new challenge, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with unspecific clinical presentation, often results in delayed diagnosis. In this paper, we reported a case of disseminated tuberculosis with rare presentation of ventricular fibrillation, which proved resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin. A review of literature showed that ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia in tuberculosis patients with pericarditis or myocarditis has been sporadically reported in the past, but none has been conducted involving patients with MDR-TB infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiuxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Xiaomin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhixin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yingmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents