Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Military Recruits

Abstract

We conducted a tuberculosis contact investigation for a female military recruit with an unreported history of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) and subsequent recurrence. Pertinent issues included identification of likely contacts from separate training phases, uncertainty on latent MDRTB infection treatment regimens and side effects, and subsequent dispersal of the contacts after exposure.

Keywords

• multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
• military medicine
• contact investigation
• recruit medicine
• tuberculosis
• chemotherapy