Prolonged survival of a patient with active MDR-TB HIV co-morbidity: insights from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain with a unique genomic deletion

Prolonged survival of a patient with active MDR-TB HIV co-morbidity: insights from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain with a unique genomic deletion

Coinfection of HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) presents significant challenges in terms of the treatment and prognosis of tuberculosis, leading to complexities in managing the disease and impacting the overall outcome for TB patients. This study presents a remarkable case of a pati...

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Main Authors: Mor Rubinstein, Andrei Makhon, Yelena Losev, Gal Zizelski Valenci, Yair E. Gatt, Hanah Margalit, Ephraim Fass, Ina Kutikov, Omer Murik, David A. Zeevi, Michal Savyon, Luba Tau, Hasia Kaidar Shwartz, Zeev Dveyrin, Efrat Rorman, Israel Nissan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
HspX
whole genome sequencing (WGS)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1292665/full

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