Perinatal transmission and cure of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in an infant
VivekRaj Singh, Rubeshan Perumal, Michael Wessels, F Hai, Keeren Lutchminarain, Kogieleum Naidoo, Khine Swe Swe-Han
African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine · 2025-06
Abstract
We describe a rare case of perinatally acquired extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in an infant. The infant was successfully treated with an individualised all-oral multidrug regimen containing delamanid, a drug rarely described in the treatment of perinatal tuberculosis.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculosis
- Transmission (telecommunications)
- Medicine
- Drug
- Intensive care medicine
- Pediatrics