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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar 26;10(3):e2363.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.2363.

Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis as the Initial Presentation of Secondary Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Temitayo Ogundipe  1 , Abiodun Otolorin  1 , Funmilola Ogundipe  2 , Gopal Sran  1 , Ghulam Abbas  1 , Oladunni Filani  1
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Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis as the Initial Presentation of Secondary Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Temitayo Ogundipe et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) occurs when strains of Mycobacterium are resistant to the first-line anti-tuberculosis regimen. We present the case of a 22-year-old immigrant female of African descent who presented to her primary care physician complaining of a two-month history of an enlarging neck mass. Aspiration of the mass, analysis, and culture revealed colonization with a strain of Mycobacterium that was resistant to first-line anti-tuberculosis medications. She was subsequently placed on second line anti-tuberculosis medications.

Keywords: lymphadenitis; multidrug resistant tuberculosis; united states.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Computed tomography scan of the neck with supraclavicular mass
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Figure 2. Computed tomography scan of the neck with supraclavicular lymph node
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Figure 3. Computed tomography scan of the neck one year after initiation of anti-tuberculosis therapy
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