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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a case report and literature review
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| Autores: |
Araújo-Filho,João Alves de
Vasconcelos-Jr,Arioldo Carvalho
Sousa,Eduardo Martins de
Silveira,Colombina da
Ribeiro,Elisangela
Kipnis,André
Junqueira-Kipnis,Ana Paula
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| Data: |
2008-10-01
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
XDR-TB
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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| Resumo: |
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is an emerging health problem that threatens tuberculosis (TB) control worldwide, since suitable treatment for this disease has not yet been found. We report a case of secondary pulmonary XDR-TB in a 54-year-old, HIV-negative male from Goiânia, Brazil. The patient had long-standing pulmonary tuberculosis (nine years) with extensive bilateral lung damage and had been treated with multiple antituberculosis drugs (self-administered) before XDR-TB diagnosis. The strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was resistant to R- rifampicin, H-isoniazid, E-ethambutol, Eto-ethionamide, Ofx-ofloxacin, and Am-amikacin. This patient died with multiple organ failure due to sepsis secondary to bacterial pneumonia.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500019
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702008000500019
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.12 n.5 2008
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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