Successful treatment of multi-focal XDR tuberculous osteomyelitis

Abeer N. Alshukairi; Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi; Abdulfattah W. Alamri; Adel F. Alothman

Journal of Infection and Public Health (Jul 2016)

Successful treatment of multi-focal XDR tuberculous osteomyelitis

Abeer N. Alshukairi,
Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi,
Abdulfattah W. Alamri,
Adel F. Alothman

Affiliations

Abeer N. Alshukairi: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, PO BOX 40047, Jeddah 21499, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author. Tel.: +966 505592928.
Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, PO BOX 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
Abdulfattah W. Alamri: King Abdulaziz Medical City, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, PO Box 9515, Jeddah 21324, Saudi Arabia
Adel F. Alothman: King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Abdullah International Research Center, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 408 – 414

Abstract

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Summary: We herein describe the nosocomial transmission of a pre-XDR or MDR case of pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV-negative health care worker in an area endemic for MDR and XDR tuberculosis. Following inadequate therapy and non-compliance, he presented with extra-pulmonary XDR tuberculosis in the form of multi-focal osteomyelitis and encysted pleural effusion. He was cured after two years of treatment with various anti-tuberculous drugs in addition to interferon gamma. Keywords: XDR tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis, Therapy

Published in Journal of Infection and Public Health

ISSN: 1876-0341 (Print); 1876-035X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-infection-and-public-health

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