Pediatric Multidrug-Resistant Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Small Finger Tuberculous Osteomyelitis: A Case Report.

Clayton J Hoffman Thomas J France Tyler Cram Jenna L Bodmer Julia S Sanders

Published in: JBJS case connector (2024)

Despite early intervention, multidrug resistance makes TB treatment challenging and facilitated progression to disseminated disease in this case. We review the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric MDR-TB.

Keyphrases

multidrug resistant
mycobacterium tuberculosis
drug resistant
gram negative
acinetobacter baumannii
randomized controlled trial
klebsiella pneumoniae
pulmonary tuberculosis
emergency department
hiv aids
escherichia coli
hiv infected
childhood cancer