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Clinical and radiological characteristics of parenchymal and meningeal spinal tuberculosis [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Spinal tuberculosis is a rare condition that can result in significant neurological impairments. It is typically classified into two main types based on the anatomical involvement: parenchymal and meningeal.
Qiu-Lan Shan, Le Zhang, Xu-Wen Fu, Min Qi, Jia-Lu Wei, Wei Gan, Xiang Li, Ling-Jun Shen   +7 more
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Analysis of risk factors for acute cerebral infarction in patients with intracranial tuberculosis [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology
ObjectiveAcute cerebral infarction is a common complication of intracranial tuberculosis (TB), causing irreversible damage to brain tissue and significantly affecting patient prognosis.
Xiao-Shan Huang, Xiao-Wei Qiu, An-Long Wang, Fei He, Yi-Jing Wang   +4 more
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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
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An Unusual Form of Meningeal Tuberculosis [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1914
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Von Czirer
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Diffuse Meningeal Tuberculosis

JBNC - JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE NEUROCIRURGIA, 2018
A central nervous system infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT), uncommonly seen in immunocompetent patients, brings a diagnose challenge in the modern medicine. Subdural space involvement of MT may simulate neoplastic or inflammatory diseases, bringing a direct influence in the therapeutics.
L. Giacomini, Alexandre R. D. Yacoub, R. Mathias, Enrico Guizoni, A. Joaquim, H. Tedeschi   +5 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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Neuro-meningeal tuberculosis: A pediatric case report and review of the literature [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
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.
Chaimae Lahlou, MD, Chaymae Faraj, MD, Sara Essetti, MD, Ihssan Hadj Hsain, MD, Nazik Allali, PhD, Siham EL Haddad, PhD, Latifa Chat, PhD   +6 more
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Cerebral tuberculomas: manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in an immunocompromised patient. A case report

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, Alejandra Lizbeth Salinas Atriano, Karla Daniela Salgado Guizar, Louis Fernando Robles Fernandez, Francisco Javier Pedraza Murillo, Roberto Camarena Álvarez   +5 more
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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Morocco: A systematic review of observational studies [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Tuberculosis remains a major global health concern and a leading cause of mortality. In Morocco, various forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis are prevalent.
Mohamed Dellal, Sanaa Batoui, Ahmed Chetoui, Mohamed Kanouf, Touria Fatihi, Khalid Habbari   +5 more
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Disseminated tuberculosis with central nervous system involvement in an adolescent: the consequences of missed preventive therapy and absent immunization

Zdorovʹe Rebenka
Adolescents are particularly susceptible to tuberculosis, especially severe manifestations such as disseminated tuberculosis with central nervous system involvement.
Azizah Hamida, Retno Asih Setyoningrum
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