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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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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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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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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, 1990This 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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Streptomycin in Miliary Tuberculosis and Tuberculous Meningitis
Acta Paediatrica, 1949SummaryHematogenic tuberculosis can be healed by streptomycin. The author stresses the fact that up to now only about 10–15 % of the cases have been cured, that a number of factors concerning streptomycin still are obscure, that streptomycin is toxic and that its effect is mainly bacteriostatic.RésuméLa tuberculose hématogéne peut êre guérie par la ...
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Pulmonary tuberculosis with meningitis
Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2015We 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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Tuberculosis meningitis and its management
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 19541. An analysis of thirtyone cases of tuberculous meningitis has been presented. 2. It has been shown that the disease is on the increase. 3. Early diagnosis (clinical and C.S.F. changes) and intensive treatment for a prolonged period is necessary for cure. 4.
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Challenges in developing new tuberculosis vaccines
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzTuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2022, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), TB was the second leading cause of death worldwide caused by a single infectious agent ...
Gabriela Sadigurschi +11 more
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