The medical treatment of a tuberculous tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Tuber Lung Dis. 1992 Jun;73(3):177-9. doi: 10.1016/0962-8479(92)90154-C.

Abstract

Tracheo-oesophageal (TE) fistulas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare and usually require both surgical treatment and medical treatment with antituberculosis drugs. A patient with a tuberculous TE fistula and mediastinal lymphadenitis was successfully treated by medical management alone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Diseases / complications
  • Mediastinal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / diagnosis
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / drug therapy*
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / etiology
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents