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Report of the 2013-2014 Professional Affairs Standing Committee: Advancing the Pharmacy Profession Together through Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Education Partnerships

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 78; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5688/ajpe7810s22

1553-6467

Miriam A. Smith, Cynthia J. Boyle, Jan M Keresztes, Janet M Liles, Linda Garrelts MacLean, Everett B. McAllister, Janet A. Silvester, Nancy Toedter Williams, Lynette R. Bradley-Baker,

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A 28-year-old woman without any history of prior antituberculosis treatment presented with cervical lymphadenopathy and a cold abscess near medial end of clavicle of 5 months duration. Pus culture and sensitivity revealed Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid. Thus she was diagnosed as a case of primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and treated with second line drugs according to culture susceptibility pattern. On completion of therapy, patent showed good clinical response. This case highlights the observation that even extra-pulmonary primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis can be successfully treated with currently available second line drugs.