Title |
Resistant tuberculosis in Maranhão, Brazil: a case series
|
---|---|
Published in |
BMC Research Notes, May 2016
|
DOI | 10.1186/s13104-016-2063-x |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Kenia Regina Oliveira Maia, Graça Maria de Castro Viana, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento, Victor Lima de Souza, Silvio Gomes Monteiro |
Abstract |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis multidrug resistance, especially against rifampicin and isoniazid, places pulmonary tuberculosis in the list of emerging diseases. The misuse of therapeutic regimens is one of its main predisposing factors. Four clinical cases (three were brown and one black) with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, treated in a reference hospital in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, were reported to evaluate the importance of radiological framework on disease evolution. The clinical framework showed a bad evolution and drug resistance, while radiology showed lung lesions, ranging from exudative infiltrates to lung parenchyma disintegration. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 14 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 36% |
Other | 3 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 7% |
Researcher | 1 | 7% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 7% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 3 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 29% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 21% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 14% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 7% |
Unknown | 4 | 29% |