Successful treatment of multi-focal XDR tuberculous osteomyelitis

• Main Authors: Abeer N. Alshukairi (Author), Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi (Author), Abdulfattah W. Alamri (Author), Adel F. Alothman (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Elsevier, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...