Extra-long treatment of MDR-TB osteomyelitis of humerus due to neurotoxicity from the 2nd-line drugs: a case report

Abstract

Abstract Infection with tuberculosis (TB) still considered a leading infectious cause of death, osteomyelitis TB rare entity, and being extraspinal MDR-TB make it very rare case; most of experience in treating osteomyelitis TB was derived from pulmonary TB experience, and we present a case of humerus MDR-TB that was treated for 5 years, with several interruption due to side effect and other causes.

Keywords

• Pulmonary medicine
• Tuberculosis
• Osteomyelitis
• Radiology