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Analysis of Tuberculosis Meningitis Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 Tuberculosis (TB) is the most prevalent infectious disease in the world. In recent years there has been a significant increase in the incidence of TB due to the emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and the increased numbers of highly susceptible immuno-compromised individuals.
Aysha Arshad +7 more
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Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine, 2023 Tuberculosis (Tb) is, currently, the deadliest infectious disease and is caused by organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; the most common clinical manifestation is pulmonary involvement; however, it can also manifest as extrapulmonary ...
Vianey Guadalupe Tellez Bolaños +5 more
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Meningeal TB in a 39-Year-Old Male Presenting with Headache
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017 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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Evaluation of Nested PCR for Rapid Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis [PDF]
National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016 Introduction: Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) is a highly morbid, often fatal disease and its prompt diagnosis is fundamental to the proper management.
Amit Singh +4 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis very frequently makes the difference to the diagnosis, not only in relation to infections but also in other diseases of the nervous system such as inflammatory, demyelinating, neoplastic and degenerative diseases.
Luis dos Ramos Machado +2 more
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Intra-abdominal lymphatic tuberculosis as a rare case of small intestine volvulus
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019 Tuberculosis used to be uncommon in the developed countries but seems to be still on rampant in developing countries. However, there seems to be an increasing occurrence in the developed countries too mainly due to low living conditions, increased ...
Filitsa Konstantara +8 more
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Disseminated tuberculosis with tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent host [PDF]
Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2014 Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) results from the lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Despite the availability of effective therapy, diagnosis is usually late and mortality remains high. We report a case of a 29-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse that presented with altered mental status and was found to have a 'tree-in ...
Patrick Hurley +2 more
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Procalcitonin as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Factor for Tuberculosis Meningitis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Neurology, 2016 We investigated the potential role of serum procalcitonin in differentiating tuberculosis meningitis from bacterial and viral meningitis, and in predicting the prognosis of tuberculosis meningitis.This was a retrospective study of 26 patients with tuberculosis meningitis.
Si Eun Kim +7 more
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The influence of host and bacterial genotype on the development of disseminated disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2008 The factors that govern the development of tuberculosis disease are incompletely understood. We hypothesized that some strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.
Maxine Caws +27 more
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Tuberculosis Meningitis, still Misunderstood
Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases, 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 9 millions of people developed tuberculosis in 2013, and 1.5 million died, including 360 000 people who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) . 133 years after Robert Koch discovered the bacillus that cause the disease, tuberculosis remains a major global health problem. Tuberculosis meningitis (
Yanelis Pernas Sánchez +1 more
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