Tuberculous Meningitis: Impact of Timing of Treatment Initiation on Mortality
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021 We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of adult hospitalized patients with confirmed tuberculous meningitis to determine the impact of the timing of treatment initiation on mortality.
Jaime Soria +4 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Children affected by tuberculous meningitis (TBM), as well as their families, have needs that lie at the intersections between the tuberculosis and meningitis clinical, research, and policy spheres.
R. Basu Roy +11 more
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Direct economic burden of patients with tuberculous meningitis in western China
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2021 To estimate the direct economic burden of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in China for the first time.
Xueping Ma +3 more
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Quantitative proteomics for identifying biomarkers for tuberculous meningitis
Clinical Proteomics, 2012 Introduction Tuberculous meningitis is a frequent extrapulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is associated with high mortality rates and severe neurological sequelae.
Kumar Ghantasala S Sameer +16 more
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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculous meningitis isolates from Thailand: a collective summary
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020 Background Tuberculosis infection of meninges or tuberculous meningitis is an important serious form of Mycobacerium tuberculosis infection. This nervous system infection can lead to complex clinical problem.
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2018 Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla +8 more
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Immunological diagnosis as an adjunctive tool for an early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis of an immune competent child in a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pediatric tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Its prompt diagnosis and treat - ment saves lives, in fact delays in the initiation of therapy have been associated with high mortality rates. Case presentation:
Ajassa, Camilla +12 more
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Undernutrition as Risk Factor of Hydrocephalus Prevalence in Children with Tuberculous Meningitis
Althea Medical Journal, 2017 Background: Hydrocephalus is the most frequent neurological complication in children with tuberculous meningitis. Tuberculosis infection cannot be separated from nutritional status.
John Patria Maruli Sinaga +2 more
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Extensive vasculitis in tuberculous meningitis
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2023 Tuberculous meningitis causes substantial morbidity and mortality in tropical countries. The various complications reported are hydrocephalus, vasculitic infarcts, tuberculomas, abscesses, and optochiasmatic arachnoiditis.
Rajesh Verma, Rajarshi Chakraborty
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Protective effect of neonatal BCG vaccines against tuberculous meningitis
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2004 Neonatal BCG vaccination reduces the risk of tuberculosis and provides protection higher than 80% against the development of meningeal and miliary tuberculosis in newborns.
Sandra Puvacić +3 more
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