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Chest X ray posterior-anterior view (A) and right lateral view (B) on admission. On the superior lobe posterior segment of the right lung a mild parenchymal opacity with several nodules can be seen
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A 31-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for the treatment of newly diagnosed drug-resistant (pre-extensively drug resistant) pulmonary tuberculosis (chest X-ray at time of diagnosis - Fig. 1).
Macculopapular exanthema on the patients body after three weeks of second-line treatment for tuberculosis
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After 3 weeks of therapy she developed high fever (> 39 C), lymphadenopathy in the cervical and axillary regions and pruritic maculopapular eruption all over the body (Fig. 2).
Patch test results (after 48 h): A) positive reaction to para-aminosalicylic acid; B) positive reaction to prothionamide
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Table 1 and Figure 3. Treatment was adjusted to ethambutol, kanamycin, cycloserine, pyrazinamide, and linezolid, and no new symptoms were observed.