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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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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 +3 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 +9 more
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Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to chronic meningitis in Brazil: a narrative review
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022 Background Chronic meningitis (CM) is characterized by neurological symptoms associated with the evidence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis lasting > 4 weeks. Studies on the management of CM in Brazil are scarce.
Guilherme Diogo Silva +4 more
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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 +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. +2 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 +6 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 +3 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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