Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) infection is a public health concern in the United States. antimicrobial resistance is a global public health concern. We present a case of a young man from Venezuela who presented to a hospital in New York and was newly diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and syphilis. His TB isolate was found to be resistant to multiple anti-TB drugs, presenting unusual challenges in treating multidrug-resistant TB with HIV co-infection.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10153654 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37033 | DOI Listing |
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