Ogundipe Temitayo, Otolorin Abiodun, Ogundipe Funmilola, Sran Gopal, Abbas Ghulam, Filani Oladunni
Community and Family Medicine, Howard University Hospital.
Pulmonary Medicine, Howard University Hospital.
Cureus. 2018 Mar 26;10(3):e2363. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2363.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) occurs when strains of Mycobacterium are resistant to the first-line anti-tuberculosis regimen. We present the case of a 22-year-old immigrant female of African descent who presented to her primary care physician complaining of a two-month history of an enlarging neck mass. Aspiration of the mass, analysis, and culture revealed colonization with a strain of Mycobacterium that was resistant to first-line anti-tuberculosis medications. She was subsequently placed on second line anti-tuberculosis medications.
当结核分枝杆菌菌株对一线抗结核治疗方案耐药时，就会出现耐多药结核病（MDR-TB）。我们报告了一例22岁的非洲裔移民女性病例，她因颈部肿块增大两个月就诊于初级保健医生。对肿块进行抽吸、分析和培养后发现，其感染了一株对一线抗结核药物耐药的结核分枝杆菌。随后她开始接受二线抗结核药物治疗。
