Abstract
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Lesotho
Highlights
To the Editor: Reports of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) in the Republic of South Africa have generated concern in the medical and public health literature (1,2)
Hundreds of cases of drug-resistant TB have been reported in the country, and the patient we describe in this letter was reported to have XDR TB
The patient was discharged from medical care in South Africa with no follow-up plan or medical records and was told, per his report, to “return home.”. He traveled by road and bus to Lesotho and crossed the border. He was originally seen at a public TB clinic in Lesotho but, given his reports of prior TB treatment, his sputum was sent for culture and drug susceptibility testing
Summary
To the Editor: Reports of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) in the Republic of South Africa have generated concern in the medical and public health literature (1,2). Hundreds of cases of drug-resistant TB have been reported in the country, and the patient we describe in this letter was reported to have XDR TB. The patient was a 44-year-old man who had been working in the gold mines in South Africa.
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