RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Tuberculosis treatment failure in AIDS: vengeance with renal and ocular manifestations
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr-2018-225955
DO 10.1136/bcr-2018-225955
VO 2018
A1 Muhammad Ahsan Saeed
A1 Hanan Tahir Lodhi
A1 Faisal Inayat
A1 Stephen Walters
A1 Marilou Corpuz
YR 2018
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-225955.abstract
AB Tuberculosis treatment failure is not uncommon in patients with AIDS. Treatment failure is defined as a positive sputum smear or culture at month 5 or later in the course of the treatment. The clinical presentations in these patients show remarkable heterogeneity. In this report, we chronicle the case of a patient with treatment failure presenting as the disseminated disease, specifically ocular and renal tuberculosis. Additionally, we undertake here a brief literature review highlighting the increased resistance to tuberculosis treatment in patients with AIDS, the rarity of ocular tuberculosis and the importance of tailoring drug regimens on an individual basis in these coinfected patients.