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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-3 | Issue-01
MDR TB-Cold Abscess in Chest Wall —Secondary to Mediastinal and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a HIV Patient
D.S. Sowjanya, V. V. Ramana Reddy, K. SubramanyamHarikishan, G. Ramya
Published: Jan. 28, 2015 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i01.001
Pages: 1-3
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Abstract
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in the world. It has further been complicated by the spread of the
Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as by the increased drug resistance. We report here a patient who was
previously treated for pulmonary tuberculosis and later on developed tubercular mediastinal lymphadenopathy and a
large cold abscess over chest wall. He did not respond to the first line anti tubercular drugs. Later on, drug susceptibility
test was done and the diagnosis was found to be Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). He was started on the 2nd
line of anti tubercular drugs since 6 months and is doing well.