Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease
The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients.
Walter A. Eyer-Silva +3 more
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Atypical Cerebral Manifestations of Disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis
BackgroundWe investigated the patterns of cerebral manifestations in patients with underlying pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis.Materials and methodsFrom January 2010 to September 2016, brain magnetic resonance imaging
Ji Hye Hwang +6 more
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Anemia in tuberculosis cases: A biomarker of severity?
IntroductionAnemia is a common condition at tuberculosis diagnosis, and there is evidence that its prevalence is higher in patients with tuberculosis than in those infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and healthy controls.
Edson Beyker de Mendonça +6 more
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Indications to hospital admission and isolation of children wish possibile or defined tuberculosis: systematic review and proposed recommendations for pediatric patients leaving in developed countries. [PDF]
Tuberculosis (TB) is a re-emerging health problem in developed countries. This paper is part of large guidelines on the global management of TB in children, by a group of scientific societies.
Assante, Lr +10 more
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Stroke Mimicry: Unmasking a Brainstem Tuberculoma in a Young Patient
A young male presented with stroke‐like symptoms ‐ progressive hemiparesis and cranial nerve palsies. MRI brain revealed a ring‐enhancing intrapontine lesion with perilesional edema, suggestive of tuberculoma. Early initiation of anti‐tubercular therapy led to complete recovery.
Nithish Nanda Palanisamy +5 more
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Ischemic cerebrovascular accident associated with bacillary meningoencephalitis in patients with HIV
Tuberculous meningitis is difficult to be diagnosed, it is not important according to morbidity, but it does have a high mortality rate among the affected people.
Carlos Miguel Rios-González +1 more
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A rare case of tuberculous meningitis with pancreatitis
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most common form of central nervous system manifestation of tuberculosis. However, tuberculous pancreatitis is rarely reported. We present an 8-year-old female child with TBM who had intractable vomiting that persisted
Drishti Chandru Tolani, Ira Shah
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Tuberculosis treatment in a refugee and migrant population: 20 years of experience on the Thai-Burmese border. [PDF]
Although tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease, it remains a major global health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality among vulnerable populations, including refugees and ...
Bonnet, M +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Bhutan first introduced the Shorter Regimen, consisting of a combination of Amikacin, Clofazamine, Ethionamide, Ethambutol, high dose Isoniazid, Moxifloxacin and Pyrazinamide, for the treatment of rifampicin or multidrug resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR‐TB) in 2018.
Gaki Nima +3 more
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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 +3 more
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