| Literature DB >> 22524486 |
Emmanuel Luyirika1, Henry Nsobya, Richard Batamwita, Pheona Busingye, William Musoke, Lillian Nabiddo, Yvonne Karamagi, Barbara Mukasa.
Abstract
This case report describes an HIV-positive patient with recurrent tuberculosis in Uganda. After several failed courses of treatment, the patient was diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). As adequate in-patient facilities were unavailable, we advised the patient to remain at home, and he received treatment at home via his family and a community nurse. The patient had a successful clearance of tuberculosis. This strategy of home-based care represents an important opportunity for treatment of patients in East Africa, where human resource constraints and inadequate hospital facilities exist for complex patients at high risk of infection to others.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID： 22524486 PMCID： PMC3349607 DOI： 10.1186/1742-6405-9-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS Res Ther ISSN： 1742-6405 Impact factor: 2.250