Successful treatment of XDR-TB patient in Tanzania: report of the first XDR-TB patient.

We present the first case with confirmed extensive drug-resistant TB in Tanzania in a patient who had prior exposure to anti-TB drugs and a history of imprisonment in South Africa. The addition of bedaquiline to the treatment regime resulted in positive to negative sputum conversion. After a total of 30 months on treatment he was declared cured, remaining clinically stable and culture-negative throughout the follow-up. Close monitoring is important in managing drug-resistant TB cases, and good surveillance is required to detect drug-resistant TB to prevent further transmission. PMID: 30885056 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Tropical Doctor - March 17, 2019 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Lyakurwa D, Lyimo J, Mleoh L, Riziki K, Lupinda M, Mpondo BC Tags: Trop Doct Source Type: research