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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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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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A case of Clival Tuberculosis and associated meningitis

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2021
Herein we report a 30-year-old man presenting with fevers, headaches and weight loss. On admission he was disorientated and demonstrated no focal signs of neurological deficit. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large area of abnormal bone marrow signal centred within the clivus with extension into the sphenoid sinus and signs of associated basal ...
Simon Tiberi, Henry Zhang, Yevedzo Ntuli, William Peter Flynn   +3 more
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Intensified antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis meningitis [PDF]

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 2019
Meningitis is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis, resulting in death or disability in over 50% of those affected, with even higher morbidity and mortality among patients with HIV or drug resistance. Antimicrobial treatment of Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is similar to treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, although some drugs show poor central
Cresswell, F.V., te Brake, L.H., te Brake, L.H., Atherton, R., Ruslami, R., Dooley, Kelly E., Aarnoutse, R.E., van Crevel, R.   +7 more
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Missed Opportunities in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Meningitis

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023
AbstractBackgroundTuberculosis meningitis (TBM) has high mortality and morbidity. Diagnostic delays can impact TBM outcomes. We aimed to estimate the number of potentially missed opportunities (MOs) to diagnose TBM and determine its impact on 90-day mortality.MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort of adult patients with a central nervous system (CNS) TB
Niamh Simmons, Margaret A Olsen, Joanna Buss, Thomas C Bailey, Carlos Mejia-Chew   +4 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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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, LIU Hui⁃quan, YUAN Xiao⁃yong, WANG Jian, CHEN Shen, WANG Yi⁃yi, LIU Xing⁃jun   +6 more
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Analysis of Tuberculosis Meningitis Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most prevalent infectious disease in the world. In recent years there has been a significant increase in the incidence of TB due to the emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and the increased numbers of highly susceptible immuno-compromised individuals.
Aysha Arshad, Sujay Dayal, Raj Gadhe, Ajinkya Mawley, Kevin Shin, Daniel Tellez, Phong Phan, Vishwanath Venketaraman   +7 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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An Unusual Form of Meningeal Tuberculosis [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1914
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