Case Report: Ocular Tissue Diagnosis of Previously Undiagnosed, Extensively Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 May 30;109(1):57-59. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0769. Print 2023 Jul 5.

Abstract

We describe a patient with concurrent ocular and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in whom the diagnosis of extensively drug-resistant TB was made through phenotypic drug-sensitivity testing of an ocular fluid sample after sputum testing yielded incomplete results. Our results are remarkable, because culture-based diagnosis of TB in ocular fluid is unusual. We not only overcame this limitation, but also were able to create a complete drug-sensitivity testing profile from ocular samples, which led to effecting appropriate therapy for the patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis* / diagnosis
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
  • Sputum
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents