title: Multi-drug resistant non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection in a non-HIV infected child.
abstract: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are widely dispersed in our environment. Pulmonary disease, lymphadenitis, skin and soft tissue infections, bone and joint infections and disseminated infections are common clinical syndromes in immuno-compromised patients. NTM infections are frequently overlooked in developing countries like India withendemic TB due to non-specific clinical manifestations, unfamiliarity of clinicians with mycobacteria, and inadequacy of laboratory services. Here we report a case of multidrug resistant (MDR) pulmonary NTM infection in a non-HIV infected child and her response to therapy.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Ira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents