%0 Journal Article
%T Successful treatment of XDR
%A Bonaventura CT Mpondo
%A Dennis Lyakurwa
%A Johnson Lyimo
%A Kisonga Riziki
%A Liberate Mleoh
%A Mrisho Lupinda
%J Tropical Doctor
%@ 1758-1133
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0049475519833554
%X 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
%K Extensively drug-resistant TB
%K XDR-TB
%K treatment
%K Tanzania
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0049475519833554