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- Title
Successful Treatment of a Child With Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis.
- Authors
Alsleben, Neele; Garcia-Prats, Anthony J.; Hesseling, Anneke C.; Willemse, Marianne; Donald, Peter R.; Schaaf, H. Simon
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
MULTIDRUG-resistant tuberculosis; TUBERCULOSIS in children; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; JUVENILE diseases; TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis; CANCER chemotherapy
- Publication
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3, pe41
- ISSN
2048-7193
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jpids/piu120