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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]

, 2018
Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla, Caraffa, Emanuela, Ciardi, Maria Rosa, Lichtner, Miriam, Massetti, Anna Paola, Mastroianni, Claudio Maria, Russo, Gianluca, Vita, Serena, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Gatifloxacin Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics-based Optimal Dosing for Pulmonary and Meningeal Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Gatifloxacin is used for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The optimal dose is unknown. Methods We performed a 28-day gatifloxacin hollow-fiber system model of tuberculosis (HFS-TB) study in order to identify the ...
D. Deshpande, J. Pasipanodya, S. Srivastava, Paula Bendet, T. Koeuth, S. Bhavnani, P. Ambrose, W. Smythe, H. McIlleron, G. Thwaites, Mourad Gumusboga, A. Van Deun, T. Gumbo   +12 more
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Meningeal TB in a 39-Year-Old Male Presenting with Headache

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017
Meningeal tuberculosis is rare in the developed world, with only 92 cases of meningeal TB reported in the United States in 2014 according to the CDC (CDC, 2015).
Jason Selinger, Thar El Baage
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Demographic characteristics of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Germany [PDF]

, 2008
The aim of the present study was to determine the demographics of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Germany. Data on 26,302 tuberculosis cases from a national survey carried out during the period 1996-2000 were analysed.
Forssbohm, M, Loddenkemper, R, Rieder, H L, Zwahlen, M   +3 more
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Large-scale genomic analysis shows association between homoplastic genetic variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes and meningeal or pulmonary tuberculosis

BMC Genomics, 2018
Meningitis is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis. It is largely unknown why some people develop pulmonary TB (PTB) and others TB meningitis (TBM); we examined if the genetic background of infecting M. tuberculosis strains may be relevant.
C. Ruesen, L. Chaidir, A. van Laarhoven, S. Dian, A. Ganiem, H. Nebenzahl-Guimaraes, M. Huynen, B. Alisjahbana, B. Dutilh, R. van Crevel   +9 more
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A Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Two-Ways [PDF]

, 2019
Tuberculosis (TB) is a widespread epidemic. The World HealthOrganization estimated 10.4 million cases of tuberculosis in 2016,with 490,000 new cases of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB.1 Theprimary presentation of TB is pulmonary.
Cherabie, Joseph, Moore, Thomas A., Ojile, Nicolas   +2 more
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Cerebro-Meningeal Tuberculosis in HIV-Negative Adults

Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, 2018
Background: Tuberculosis remains a public health problem worldwide. Neurological localization is the most severe manifestation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis characterized by a high mortality rate and a high rate of sequelae among survivors; its ...
W. Guenifi, A. Gasmi, H. Boukhrissa, M. Rais, A. Hachani, A. Ouyahia, S. Mechakra, A. Lacheheb   +7 more
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First insights into the phylogenetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Nepal [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Nepal. Strain variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis may influence the outcome of TB infection and disease. To date, the phylogenetic diversity of M.
A Sandgren, AE Hirsh, AN Malik, BC de Jong, Bhagwan Maharjan, Bhawana Shrestha, Bijaya Malla, C Demay, CB Holmes, CB Uwizeye, Christophe Sola, D Stucki, David Stucki, E Lasunskaia, E Svensson, ES Click, F Brossier, FA Drobniewski, G Thwaites, H Dong, H Getahun, H Han, HY Dou, I Comas, I Parwati, J Kamerbeek, JK Bonfield, JR Sun, Julia Feldmann, K Brudey, K Brudey, L Baker, L Fenner, Lukas Fenner, M Caws, M Connolly, M Coscolla, M Hanekom, Markers European Concerted Action on New Generation Genetic, MM Gutacker, MW Borgdorff, N Lari, O Neyrolles, P Supply, P Supply, R Staden, RX Liu, S Borrell, S Borrell, S Feuerriegel, S Gagneux, S Gagneux, S Narayanan, S Niemann, S Sreevatsan, Sebastien Gagneux, Sonia Borrell, T Iwamoto, T Lillebaek, TC Victor, TN Buu, TN Buu, UB Singh, US Rajapaksa, Y Hu, Y Pang, YJ Sun, YL Guo   +67 more
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Human tuberculosis - an ancient disease, as elucidated by ancient microbial biomolecules [PDF]

, 2009
Tuberculosis is a major cause of death but infected people with effective immunity may remain healthy for years, suggesting long-term coexistence of host and pathogen.
Donoghue, HD
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Epidemio-clinical aspects and neuro-meningeal tuberculosis prognosis in Batna

International Journal of Science and Research Archive
Neuromeningeal tuberculosis is rare, affecting around 1-2% of all tuberculosis cases and 5% of extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Our aim is to describe the epidemio-clinical, prognostic and evolutionary aspects of neuromeningeal tuberculosis. Materials
Nora Righi, Amel Benbouza, Rachida Djebaili, Melissa Doumandji, Bruno Lina   +4 more
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