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| Araújo-Filho,João Alves de; Vasconcelos-Jr,Arioldo Carvalho; Sousa,Eduardo Martins de; Silveira,Colombina da; Ribeiro,Elisangela; Kipnis,André; Junqueira-Kipnis,Ana Paula. |
| 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. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; XDR-TB; Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000500019 |
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