La presente investigación se lleva a cabo para poder identificar el tiempo de tratamiento promedio para lograr la conversión bacteriológica del cultivo de esputo en pacientes hospitalizados con diagnóstico de Tuberculosis extremadamente resistente (XDR), en el Hospital Cayetano Heredia durante el periodo de Enero 2017 – Diciembre 2018; así como identificar las características epidemiológicas y clínicas de dicha población, localización pulmonar o asociado a formas extrapulmonares, esquemas de tratamiento determinados por pruebas de sensibilidad. El estudio es descriptivo, retrospectivo y de cohorte transversal, el cual mediante ficha de recolección se recabarán los datos de los pacientes utilizando historia clínica y registro de pacientes en la unidad de Programa de Control de la Tuberculosis.

Milar Tuberculosis (TB) is a presentation with a fatal outcome if it is not diagnosed or treated on time; although certain conditions are required to develop this presentation. In this In this article, the case of a 48-year-old man with no pathological history is studied, who started the disease with a time of six months with an initial diffuse gastrointestinal pain and later one month before admission presented progressive respiratory symptoms; he was admitted for emergencies where bilateral diffuse miliary compromise was evident in the chest computed tomography; upon admission, he was administered oxygen and support measures, an HIV test was obtained which was negative, and positive results were obtained in the sputum smear microscopy. His clinical evolution was stationary until the administration of antituberculosis therapy, observing slight clinical improvement, likewise, low doses o...