Successful Treatment of a Child With Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis: Figure 1. | Zendy

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Successful Treatment of a Child With Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis: Figure 1.

Author(s) -

Neele Alsleben,

Anthony J. GarciaPrats,

Anneke C. Hesseling,

Marianne Willemse,

Peter R. Donald,

H. Simon Schaaf

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piu120

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculous meningitis , tuberculosis , drug , drug resistance , meningitis , girl , multiple drug resistance , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , psychology , developmental psychology , biology

Unlike in pulmonary multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, the clinical outcome of MDR tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in children, including extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, is poor and management is challenging. We report the successful treatment of a case of extensively drug-resistant TBM in a 4-year-old girl, and we discuss implications for tuberculosis diagnosis and chemotherapy.

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