Pre-extensively Drug-Resistant Congenital Tuberculosis in an Extremely Premature Baby
Alison Boast, Jeu Ann How, Charis Lau, Arun Sett, Damien Gilby, Andrew Burke, Brett McWhinney, C. Melville Wright∗, et al. (13 authors)
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2023-09
Abstract
We describe a case of congenital tuberculosis in an extremely premature baby, with rapid molecular detection of a pre-extensively drug-resistant (XDR) pattern of drug resistance. The baby was treated successfully with a regimen including bedaquline and delamanid, drugs not previously described in the treatment of congenital tuberculosis (TB).
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Regimen
- Pediatrics