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A patient with central nervous system tuberculomas and a history of disseminated multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis
| Title: | A patient with central nervous system tuberculomas and a history of disseminated multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis |
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| Authors: | Samantha R. Kaplan, Jeffrey Topal, Lynn Sosa, Maricar Malinis, Anita Huttner, Ajay Malhotra, Gerald Friedland |
| Source: | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Vol 10, Iss C, Pp 9-16 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2018. |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Collection: | LCC:Diseases of the respiratory system LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | Tuberculosis (TB), Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), Central nervous system (CNS) TB, Tuberculoma, Bedaquiline, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The global rates and numbers of drug resistant TB are rising. With increasing globalization, the spread of drug-resistant strains of TB has become a mounting global public health concern. We present a case of a young man previously treated for multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB in India who presented with neurological symptoms and central nervous system TB in the United States. His case highlights unique diagnostic and treatment challenges that are likely to become more commonplace with the increase of patients infected with drug-resistant TB and complicated extrapulmonary disease. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2405-5794 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579417300426; https://doaj.org/toc/2405-5794 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jctube.2017.12.004 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/4878e4280358411db702c0294c028051 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4878e4280358411db702c0294c028051 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 24055794 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jctube.2017.12.004 |
| Published in: | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases |
| Language: | English |