Cargando…
Primary Disseminated Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis of the Lungs, Brain, Meninges, and Abdomen: The World’s First Case
Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease. It usually infects the lung, but dissemination to different organs results in a severe form of tuberculosis, i.e., disseminated tuberculosis. The situation becomes even more challenging when the infection is due to multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacte...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Cureus
2023
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10394717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37539418 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41302 |
Sumario: | Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease. It usually infects the lung, but dissemination to different organs results in a severe form of tuberculosis, i.e., disseminated tuberculosis. The situation becomes even more challenging when the infection is due to multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The present case is a very rare one where a 17-year-old Indian girl presented with headache, vomiting, cough with expectoration, abdominal pain, and a seizure. A diagnostic workup led to the diagnosis of primary disseminated multidrug-resistant tuberculosis of the lungs, brain, meninges, and abdomen. She has been prescribed an anti-tubercular regimen per the national guidelines. |
---|