Successful treatment of XDR-TB patient in Tanzania: report of the first XDR-TB patient

[Chambi Chachage]

"Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is emerging as a new and serious public health challenge. We present the first case with confirmed extensive drug-resistant TB in Tanzania in a patient who had prior exposure to anti-TB drugs and a history of imprisonment in South Africa. The addition of bedaquiline to the treatment regime resulted in positive to negative sputum conversion. After a total of 30 months on treatment he was declared cured, remaining clinically stable and culture-negative throughout the follow-up. Close monitoring is important in managing drug-resistant TB cases, and good surveillance is required to detect drug-resistant TB to prevent further transmission" - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0049475519833554