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Syrian civil war and assessment of tuberculosis among Syrian refugees and local citizens in Mardin. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Public Health
Çil B   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

[Meningeal tuberculosis in childhood].

open access: yesRevista chilena de pediatria, 1978
G, Soza, J, Garrido, P, Pastor
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Tuberculosis Meningitis

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2017
As the most severe form of tuberculosis (TB), TB meningitis disproportionately affects developing countries and results in significant morbidity and mortality. In this report, we review recent updates in the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of TB meningitis.Young children and people living with HIV continue to be at highest risk for TB ...
Kassem, Bourgi   +2 more
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Tuberculosis meningitis

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2001
Treatment of tuberculous meningitis should begin with an anti-tuberculous regimen of at least three drugs: isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and rifampin. Early in the course of therapy, ethambutol or streptomycin may be of some added benefit. If the local incidence of drug resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is greater than 4%, or is unknown, then a ...
Thomas, Byrd, Phil, Zinser
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Management of Tuberculosis Meningitis

Drugs, 1990
This article examines the detection, assessment, and therapeutic modalities available for tuberculosis meningitis. Without appropriate treatment this disease is fatal within 2 months of development, and mortality is closely associated with the stage of disease upon initiation of chemotherapy.
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Pulmonary tuberculosis with meningitis

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2015
We read with great interest the case report by GoicBarisic et al. [1] on “pulmonary tuberculosis with meningitis in a 7-month-old infant”. The case report provides an excellent overview of the pathogenesis and diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitis. It also rightly emphasizes the importance of screening and introducing chemoprophylaxis in infants exposed
Preeti Shanbag, Syed Zaki
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