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A Rare Presentation of Invasive Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System in an Immunocompetent Patient in a Nonendemic Country [PDF]

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Neuro-meningeal tuberculosis: A pediatric case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

Radiol Case Rep
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.
Lahlou C, Faraj C, Essetti S, Hsain IH, Allali N, Haddad SE, Chat L.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Demographic and microbial characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases diagnosed in Malatya, Turkey, 2001-2007 [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) has an increasing rate in Turkey. The reason remains largely unknown. A better understanding of the demographic and microbial characteristics of EPTB in the Turkish population would extend the knowledgebase ...
Koroglu Mehmet, Agarwal Mansi, Yang Zhenhua, Gunal Selami, Arıcı Zeynep, Durmaz Riza   +5 more
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Tubercular cerebellitis, identified through an expansive process: A case report. [PDF]

Radiol Case Rep
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is a postprimary form of tuberculosis with high mortality and morbidity rates, even with early diagnosis and treatment. Focal tuberculous cerebritis is extremely rare, typically occurring in patients without AIDS,
Maasaoui K, El Bouardi N, Hamdaoui A, Akammar A, Haloua M, Alami B, Lamrani MYA, Boubbou M, Maaroufi M.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Clinicoepidemiological Profile and Prognostic Factors in Neurotuberculosis in Children [PDF]

Annals of Child Neurology, 2023
Purpose This study aimed to determine the clinicoepidemiological profile and prognostic factors in children with neurotuberculosis. Methods An observational study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital on 50 children diagnosed with neurotuberculosis ...
Vikas Sharma, Krishnan Rajeshwari, Deepak Kumar, Garima Gupta   +3 more
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A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Ibrain, EarlyView., 2023
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
wiley   +1 more source

Miliary Tuberculosis with Meningitis [PDF]

Practical Neurology, 2002
A 25-year-old woman presented to the Centre for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a 1 month history of headache, fever, and vomiting. On examination her Glasgow coma score was 14/15. Her neck was stiff, and she had a right lateral rectus palsy (Fig. 1).
Thwaites, G, Farrar, J
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Analysis of influencing factors of dismal prognosis in severe tuberculous meningitis

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Objective To investigate the influencing factors related to long ⁃ term prognosis in patients with severe tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Methods One hundred sixty⁃three patients with severe TBM admitted to Tianjin Haihe Hospital from June 2012 to December
LIU Chen⁃chao, LIU Hui⁃quan, YUAN Xiao⁃yong, WANG Jian, CHEN Shen, WANG Yi⁃yi, LIU Xing⁃jun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

TBDLNet: a network for classifying multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis [PDF]

Engineering Reports (2023), 2023
This paper proposes applying a novel deep-learning model, TBDLNet, to recognize CT images to classify multidrug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis automatically. The pre-trained ResNet50 is selected to extract features. Three randomized neural networks are used to alleviate the overfitting problem.
arxiv   +1 more source

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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