Extra-long treatment of MDR-TB osteomyelitis of humerus due to neurotoxicity from the 2nd-line drugs: a case report

Naser Naser; Habib Abdulla; Husain Kadhem

doi:10.1186/s43162-023-00225-0

Extra-long treatment of MDR-TB osteomyelitis of humerus due to neurotoxicity from the 2nd-line drugs: a case report

Egypt J Intern Med. 2023;35(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s43162-023-00225-0. Epub 2023 Jun 13.

Authors

Naser Naser¹, Habib Abdulla¹, Husain Kadhem¹

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonary Medicine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.

Abstract

Infection with tuberculosis (TB) still considered a leading infectious cause of death, osteomyelitis TB rare entity, and being extraspinal MDR-TB make it very rare case; most of experience in treating osteomyelitis TB was derived from pulmonary TB experience, and we present a case of humerus MDR-TB that was treated for 5 years, with several interruption due to side effect and other causes.

Keywords: Osteomyelitis; Pulmonary medicine; Radiology; Tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports