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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, Krishnan Rajeshwari, Deepak Kumar, Garima Gupta   +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, Issa Konaté, MD, Kouamé Paul Bonfils Kouassi, MD, Estelle Valérie Acko-Ohui, MD, Ange Roland Goulé-BI, MD, Dominique Isart, MD, Emile Kesse Tanoh, MD, Marius Koffi Vangah, MD, Florent Allou Kouadio, MD, B. L. Yao, MD   +9 more
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Phenotype of Peripheral NK Cells in Latent, Active, and Meningeal Tuberculosis

Journal of Immunological Research, 2021
The mechanisms underlying the immunopathology of tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most severe clinical form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), are not understood.
J. Choreño-Parra, L. Jiménez-Álvarez, E. D. Maldonado-Díaz, G. Cárdenas, L. Fernández-Lopez, J. Soto-Hernández, M. Muñoz-Torrico, Gustavo Ramírez-Martínez, Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas, A. Vega-López, M. Domínguez‐López, C. Sánchez-Garibay, Parménides Guadarrama-Ortíz, S. Giono, L. Jiménez-Zamudio, S. Khader, E. García-Latorre, C. Salinas-Lara, J. Zúñiga   +18 more
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Panhypopituitarism and cranial mononeuropathy, manifestation of NK/T lymphoma that imitates meningeal tuberculosis.

Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2021
INTRODUCCIÓN El linfoma extranodal derivado de células NK/T (LNK/T) es una variedad de linfoma no Hodgkin; el tipo nasal constituye la presentación más común.
L. F. Pineda-Galindo, Paulina Carreño-Pérez, Gustavo Leal-Alegre, Christopher Enzo Vásquez-Jiménez, Blanca Sinaí García-Aguilar   +4 more
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[Meningeal tuberculosis: cases report years 2005-2017].

Revista chilena de infectología, 2021
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a global public health problem; its meningeal form leads to greater lethality and sequelae, particularly if it is associated with HIV / AIDS infection.
Diego Rodríguez, Alejandra Zapata, F. Molina, Griselda Pemuolo, J. Burbano, Laydi Correa   +5 more
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Pulmonary and meningeal tuberculosis patterns in children at King Abdul-Aziz university hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A retrospective study

Global Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Research, 2020
Background: Paediatric Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant health problem worldwide, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting almost 550,000 children infected with TB yearly.
N. Fida, Mohammed Farouq, R. Daghistani, A. Alnajar, Duha Alamawi   +4 more
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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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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, Bruno Fukelmann Guedes, Ióri Rodrigues Junqueira, Hélio Rodrigues Gomes, José Ernesto Vidal   +4 more
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Vertebral tuberculosis as a paradoxical reaction to the treatment of pulmonary and meningeal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient

Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Paradoxical reaction in tuberculosis (TB) is defined as the reappearance of general symptoms, aggravation of pre-existing diseases, or appearance of new lesions despite adequate anti-TB therapy.
C. E. Volpe-Chaves, M. Lacerda, S. B. Castilho, S. S. O. Fonseca, B. Saad, C. Franciscato, T. K. Tibana, T. Nunes, J. Venturini, S. M. V. L. D. de Oliveira, A. Paniago   +10 more
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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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