Tryst and treatment of an unusual case of MDR CNS tuberculosis

BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Sep 28:2011:bcr0720114524. doi: 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4524.

Abstract

A case of multidrug resistance central nervous system tuberculosis is described. During the initial 6 months of therapy, intracranial embolic spread of tuberculomas from exudates around the proximal left middle cerebral artery was seen. This phenomenon was reported earlier. Further management, therapeutic considerations, particularly with secondary and tertiary line of antitubercular medication and neuroimaging are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents