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A miner with No left lung: Extensive pulmonary destruction in delayed effective Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis treatment

We report a case of extensive pulmonary destruction due to delayed effective pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) treatment in an adult artisanal miner in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Xpert MTB/RIF was positive after his second rifampicin-susceptible TB treatment. Chest X-rays were suggestive of lar...

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Autores principales: Katoto, Patrick D.M.C., Musole, Patrick, Maheshe, Ghislain, Bamuleke, Bertrand, Murhula, Aime, Balungwe, Patrick, Byamungu, Liliane N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7582097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33117645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101234