Neuro-Meningeal Tuberculosis: A Pediatric Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Pediatric neuro-meningeal tuberculosis leads to high rates of mortality and morbidity. Prompt diagnosis and initiation of treatment are challenging; imaging findings play a key role in establishing the presumptive diagnosis.
Siham El Haddad +2 more
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Meningeal TB in a 39-Year-Old Male Presenting with Headache
Meningeal tuberculosis is rare in the developed world, with only 92 cases of meningeal TB reported in the United States in 2014 according to the CDC (CDC, 2015).
Jason Selinger, Thar El Baage
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Intradural Spinal Tuberculosis in the Absence of Vertebral or Meningeal Tuberculosis: A Case Report
We present a patient with spinal intradural tuberculosis in the absence of both vertebral and meningeal tuberculosis. Diagnosis was made based on intra-operative findings and was confirmed by histopathology.
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
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Palatal myoclonus in tuberculous meningitis: a case report [PDF]
Palatal myoclonus is a clinical manifestation caused by lesions involving the Guillain-Mollaret triangle (dentato-rubro-olivary pathway) and is often associated with hypertrophic olivary degeneration.
Harish Nigam +5 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of opportunistic infections among patients with advanced HIV disease in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]
Background Although people living with HIV (PLHIV) increasingly have access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) worldwide, the recurrence of advanced HIV disease (AHD) remains a major concern, exposing them to an enhanced risk of opportunistic infections ...
Lucie Matsuela Bakana +11 more
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Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is the sixth commonest extra-pulmonary TB form after lymphatic, genitourinary, bone and joint, miliary and meningeal tuberculosis.
Amir Hossein Sarrami +3 more
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Multifocal tuberculosis with cerebral, spinal, pulmonary and abdominal involvement in a 16-year-old girl: A radiological case report [PDF]
Multifocal tuberculosis involving the central nervous system and systemic organs is uncommon but well documented, particularly in endemic regions and in the setting of incomplete treatment.
Nadia Mouna, MD +8 more
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CCL2 responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are associated with disease severity in tuberculosis. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Leucocyte activating chemokines such as CCL2, CCL3, and CXCL8 together with proinflammatory IFNgamma, TNFalpha and downmodulatory IL10 play a central role in the restriction of M.
Hussain Rabia +28 more
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Imaging Contribution to the Diagnosis of Neuro-Meningeal Tuberculosis and Tuberculous Hypophysitis: A Case Report [PDF]
Siham El Haddad +2 more
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Meningeal tuberculoma mimicking a brain tumor
Meningeal tuberculoma is one of the most serious sites of tuberculosis. Its incidence varies depending on the geographical area, rare in Western countries and frequent in developing countries where it represents 5% to 10% of intracranial masses.
Akoli Eklou Baudouin Bravo-Tsri, MD +9 more
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