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Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Young-Onset Chronic Headache: A Case Report

Case Reports in Neurology, 2021
Sarcoidosis causes granulomatous inflammation in multiple organ systems. Lungs are the most commonly affected organs. In 50% of the cases with lung involvement, other organs are also involved.
Barun Kumar Ray, Rahul Kumar Thakur, Anish Kumar Shah, Biplov Adhikari, Dipesh Kumar Mandal, Ranjit Pandey   +5 more
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Psychosis secondary to tuberculosis meningitis [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2016
We report a case of a 19-year-old immunocompetent Malay woman who presented with a worsening psychotic disorder of 1-year duration. She initially presented with social isolation with subsequent mutism and stupor. Physical examination revealed a stuporous, emaciated, dehydrated woman with Glasgow Coma Scale of 11/15 (E4V2M5).
Wan Syamimee Wan Ghazali, Mohd Jazman Che Rahim   +1 more
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A case of Clival Tuberculosis and associated meningitis

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2021
Herein we report a 30-year-old man presenting with fevers, headaches and weight loss. On admission he was disorientated and demonstrated no focal signs of neurological deficit. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large area of abnormal bone marrow signal centred within the clivus with extension into the sphenoid sinus and signs of associated basal ...
Simon Tiberi, Henry Zhang, Yevedzo Ntuli, William Peter Flynn   +3 more
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Intensified antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis meningitis [PDF]

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 2019
Meningitis is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis, resulting in death or disability in over 50% of those affected, with even higher morbidity and mortality among patients with HIV or drug resistance. Antimicrobial treatment of Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is similar to treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, although some drugs show poor central
Cresswell, F.V., te Brake, L.H., te Brake, L.H., Atherton, R., Ruslami, R., Dooley, Kelly E., Aarnoutse, R.E., van Crevel, R.   +7 more
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Missed Opportunities in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Meningitis

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023
AbstractBackgroundTuberculosis meningitis (TBM) has high mortality and morbidity. Diagnostic delays can impact TBM outcomes. We aimed to estimate the number of potentially missed opportunities (MOs) to diagnose TBM and determine its impact on 90-day mortality.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort of adult patients with a central nervous system (CNS) TB
Niamh Simmons, Margaret A Olsen, Joanna Buss, Thomas C Bailey, Carlos Mejia-Chew   +4 more
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Ocular tuberculosis in a calf.

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes granuloma formation mainly in retropharyngeal, tracheobronchial, mediastinal lymph nodes and lungs of bovines. The presence of these lesions in other tissues such as the eyeball
Jacobo Carrisoza-Urbina, Mario A. Bedolla-Alva, Mireya Juárez-Ramírez, José A. Gutiérrez-Pabello   +3 more
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Effectiveness of the treatment of generalized tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients

Infusion & Chemotherapy, 2019
. The treatment of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons is a complex task and often requires intensive therapy with intravenous administration of antituberculosis drugs, especially in generalized forms, malabsorption, presence of enteropathy, hepatitis B
O. D. Nikolaeva
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Morbidity Trends and Risk of Tuberculosis: Mexico 2007–2017

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2019
Background. To know the current status of the epidemiological and geographic distribution of tuberculosis and its complication meningeal tuberculosis in Mexico, this work analyzes national surveillance data (ten years) issued by the General Directorate ...
Juan Manuel Bello-López, Gregorio León-García, Araceli Rojas-Bernabé, V. Fernández-Sánchez, Omar García-Hernández, Javier Mancilla Rámirez, Gabriela Ibáñez-Cervantes   +6 more
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Meningeal tuberculoma mimicking a brain tumor

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
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, Issa Konaté, MD, Kouamé Paul Bonfils Kouassi, MD, Estelle Valérie Acko-Ohui, MD, Ange Roland Goulé-BI, MD, Dominique Isart, MD, Emile Kesse Tanoh, MD, Marius Koffi Vangah, MD, Florent Allou Kouadio, MD, B. L. Yao, MD   +9 more
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Follicle on the Roof: Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Central Nervous System Autoimmunity. [PDF]

Immunol Rev
ABSTRACT Leptomeningeal tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) have emerged as a relatively common pathological feature of autoimmune disease, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and particularly in people with progressive and nonremitting MS. These ectopic lymphoid aggregates, observed in the leptomeninges adjacent to so‐called “Type 3” sub‐pial cortical ...
Zuo M, Wang AA, Gommerman JL.
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