A case report of a child with probable drug resistant tuberculous pericarditis with a review of challenges involved in diagnosis, treatment and follow up of children with DR-TB pericarditis

BACKGROUND: There are unique challenges in the diagnosis and management of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in children. It is difficult to obtain confirmatory microbiological diagnosis in TB pericarditis. It is essential to differentiate between drug sensitive and drug resistant forms of...

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Autores principales: Swaminathan, Aravind, du Cros, Philipp, Achar, Jay, Kliescikova, Jarmila, Mirgayosieva, Shamsiya, Pirmahmadzoda, Bobojon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05027-1

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