Appropriate treatment is the key element in eliminating tuberculosis (TB), and requires prompt diagnosis. We presented a case of a household contact of rifampicin-resistant TB revealing reactive IFN-gamma release assay with unsuspicious clinical and radiologic examinations. She was diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and treated with isoniazid monotherapy. On the ninth month, she developed a progressive cough and was found to harbor active TB disease with added resistance to isoniazid. An individualized anti-TB regimen consisting of moxifloxacin, kanamycin, prothionamide, ethambutol, and pyr-azinamide was prescribed for 20 months, leading to sputum culture conversion and improve-ment of the reported symptom. No recurrence was observed on one-year follow-up. Assuming high compliance to therapy, we propose that the patient may have been under-diagnosed and received sub-optimal treatment leading to acquired-drug resistance. Conventional diagnosis methods based on immunological assay and radiographical findings may be insufficient to distinguish the incipient and subclinical states of TB from LTBI.
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Li, T. L., Chan, T. H., Wang, C. H., Jou, R., Yu, M. C., Putri, D. U., … Lin, Y. H. (2021). Acquired resistance to isoniazid during isoniazid monotherapy in a subject with latent infection following household rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis contact: A case report. Infection and Drug Resistance, 14, 1505–1509. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S304799
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