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Incidence of tuberculous meningitis in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of tuberculous meningitis in the State of Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil, during the period from 2001 to 2010.
Cíntia Helena de Souza, Ayaka Yamane, Jeison Cleiton Pandini, Luciane Bisognin Ceretta, Fabiane Ferraz, Glauco Duarte da Luz, Priscyla Waleska Simões   +6 more
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Time trend and clinical pattern of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Serbia, 1993-2007 [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012
Background/Aim. Increased incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (XPTB) is reported worldwide. Serbia is a country in socio-economic transition period with lowmiddle HIV prevalence and intermediate-to-low tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate, 100 ...
Pešut Dragica P., Bulajić Milica V., Lešić Aleksandar R.   +2 more
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Pathways to Progressive Disability in Multiple Sclerosis: The Role of Glial Cells in Chronic CNS Inflammation

Glia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common non‐infectious inflammatory CNS disease, characterized by progressive neurodegeneration and focal demyelinated lesions. Traditionally considered an autoimmune disease, MS is driven by the immune system's attack on CNS myelin, resulting in cumulative disability.
Volker Siffrin
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Hydrocephalus Caused by Tuberculous Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Young Adult: A Case Report

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2023
Rizaldy Taslim Pinzon,1,2 Vanessa Veronica1 1Faculty of Medicine, Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; 2Department of Neurology, Bethesda Hospital, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Rizaldy Taslim Pinzon, Duta Wacana Christian ...
Pinzon RT, Veronica V
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A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 112-116, Spring 2025.
We reported a case of idiopathic hypertrophic dura meningitis diagnosed in our hospital. The patient repeatedly suffered from headaches, followed by blurred vision in the right eye. During this period, multiple sclerosis was considered for diagnosis, and it improved after hormone treatment.
Zhong Luo, Piao Cao, Jing‐Qing Xu, Rong Yan, Jian Wang, Tao Liang, Ya Chen, Zu‐Cai Xu   +7 more
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Acute Stroke in Tubercular Meningitis: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2019
Most of the strokes in tubercular meningitis are multiple, bilateral, and located in the basal ganglia, especially the ‘tubercular zone’, which comprises of the caudate, anterior thalamus, anterior limb, and genu of the internal capsule.
Suzit Bhusal, Sujata Dahal, Neha Gautam, Prakash Banjade   +3 more
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Differences of the 6N and 6J Substrains of C57BL/6 Mice in the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

MedComm, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025.
The 6J substrain exhibits more severe EAE than 6N, with increased macrophages, CD8+, and B cells in the CNS, as well as a higher proinflammatory profile and lower anti‐inflammatory profile, correlating with differences in microbial taxa. ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease causing neuroinflammation and demyelination in the central
Ana Isabel Álvarez‐López, Eduardo Ponce‐España, Ivan Cruz‐Chamorro, Guillermo Santos‐Sánchez, Ignacio Bejarano, Nuria Álvarez‐Sánchez, Patricia Judith Lardone, Antonio Carrillo‐Vico   +7 more
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A Rare Presentation of Invasive Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System in an Immunocompetent Patient in a Nonendemic Country

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2018
We herein report a rare case of a 25-year-old immunocompetent male patient with disseminated tuberculosis of central nervous system (CNS), first presenting as multiple cerebral lesions with no meningeal involvement. Subsequent diagnostic workup disclosed
Rita Martins, Carlos Casimiro, Ana Valverde, Jose Campillo   +3 more
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Molecular profile of adult primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis aligns with glioblastoma, IDH‐wildtype

Brain Pathology, Volume 35, Issue 4, July 2025.
The molecular profile of adult primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis closely aligned with that of adult‐type glioblastoma, IDH‐wildtype, CNS WHO grade 4. Abstract Adult primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PLG) is a rare, rapidly progressive and fatal disease characterized by prominent leptomeningeal infiltration by a glial tumor without an identifiable ...
Yi Zhu, Darin D. Carabenciov, Derek R. Johnson, Jorge A. Trejo‐Lopez, Aivi T. Nguyen, Aditya Raghunathan, Giuseppe Lanzino, Cristiane M. Ida, Cinthya J. Zepeda‐Mendoza, Surendra Dasari, Emilie Russler‐Germain, Sonika Dahiya, Martha Quezado, Kenneth Aldape, Caterina Giannini   +14 more
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Clinical, Imaging, and Laboratory Characteristics of Adult Mexican Patients with Tuberculous Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) is the most common form of central nervous system Tuberculosis (TB), accounting for 5–6% of extrapulmonary TB cases. Nowadays, TBM continues to be a major topic in public health because of its high prevalence worldwide.
Miguel García-Grimshaw, Francisco Alejandro Gutiérrez-Manjarrez, Samuel Navarro-Álvarez, Alejandra González-Duarte   +3 more
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