Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

We report a case of a 23-year-old HIV-negative man with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis that became evident while he was being treated for M. tuberculosis that was sensitive to all first-line drugs. This case should alert clinicians to consider co-infection as a possible cause of recr...

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Autores principales: Mendez, Michael P., Landon, Mary E., McCloud, Mary K., Davidson, Peter, Christensen, Paul J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331736
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.080592
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author Mendez, Michael P.
Landon, Mary E.
McCloud, Mary K.
Davidson, Peter
Christensen, Paul J.
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Landon, Mary E.
McCloud, Mary K.
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description We report a case of a 23-year-old HIV-negative man with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis that became evident while he was being treated for M. tuberculosis that was sensitive to all first-line drugs. This case should alert clinicians to consider co-infection as a possible cause of recrudescent disease.
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spelling pubmed-26714512009-05-21 Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mendez, Michael P. Landon, Mary E. McCloud, Mary K. Davidson, Peter Christensen, Paul J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of a 23-year-old HIV-negative man with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis that became evident while he was being treated for M. tuberculosis that was sensitive to all first-line drugs. This case should alert clinicians to consider co-infection as a possible cause of recrudescent disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2671451/ /pubmed/19331736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.080592 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Mendez, Michael P.
Landon, Mary E.
McCloud, Mary K.
Davidson, Peter
Christensen, Paul J.
Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_full Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_fullStr Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_short Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_sort co-infection with pansensitive and multidrug-resistant strains of mycobacterium tuberculosis
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331736
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.080592
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