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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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Disseminated tuberculosis with central nervous system involvement in an adolescent: the consequences of missed preventive therapy and absent immunization

Zdorovʹe Rebenka
Adolescents are particularly susceptible to tuberculosis, especially severe manifestations such as disseminated tuberculosis with central nervous system involvement.
Azizah Hamida, Retno Asih Setyoningrum
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Intradural Spinal Tuberculosis in the Absence of Vertebral or Meningeal Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006
We present a patient with spinal intradural tuberculosis in the absence of both vertebral and meningeal tuberculosis. Diagnosis was made based on intra-operative findings and was confirmed by histopathology.
CK Sree Harsha, AP Shetty, S Rajasekaran
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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Neuro-meningeal tuberculosis: A pediatric case report and review of the literature

Radiology Case Reports
Pediatric neuro-meningeal tuberculosis leads to high rates of mortality and morbidity. Prompt diagnosis and initiation of treatment are challenging; imaging findings play a key role in establishing the presumptive diagnosis.
Chaimae Lahlou, MD, Chaymae Faraj, MD, Sara Essetti, MD, Ihssan Hadj Hsain, MD, Nazik Allali, PhD, Siham EL Haddad, PhD, Latifa Chat, PhD   +6 more
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Mycoplasma bovis involved in pituitary abscess syndrome in a beef heifer concomitantly infected with haemoparasites

Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract This case report describes pituitary abscess syndrome (PAS) in a 20‐month‐old Blonde d'Aquitaine heifer with cranial nerve deficits (V, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII) associated with facial hemiparesis, head tilt, ataxia and dysphagia, pneumonia and otitis interna.
Chloé Saada, Manon Gonçalves‐Brandao, Hortensia Robert, Renaud Maillard, Laurent‐Xavier Nouvel   +4 more
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A Case Report on Meningitis Complicated by Acute Ischemic Stroke and Failed Thrombolysis

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Ischemic stroke is one of the rare but grave complications of meningitis with poor outcomes and long‐term sequelae, and the role of thrombolysis with infection‐related stroke remains uncertain. This case report documents a 52‐year‐old man presented with fever, headache, vomiting, and altered sensorium, and on examination he had neck rigidity ...
Sonam Dema, Dechen Choden, Sonam Wangmo
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Protection by BCG vaccine against tuberculosis: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Randomized trials assessing BCG vaccine protection against tuberculosis have widely varying results, for reasons that are not well understood.
Abubakar, Ibrahim, Whiting, Penny F, Lipman, M, Pimpin, L, Abubakar, I, Rodrigues, LC, Sterne, Jonathan A., Smith, Peter G, Sterne, Jonathan A, Whiting, Penny F., Mangtani, P, Pimpin, Laura, Sterne, JA, Smith, Peter G., Fine, Paul EM, Beynon, Rebecca, Ariti, Cono, Fine, Paul E M, Lipman, Marc, Ariti, C, Smith, PG, Beynon, R, Rodrigues, Laura C., Whiting, PF, Rodrigues, Laura C, Mangtani, Punam, Fine, PEM   +26 more
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Contezolid in the Treatment of Multidrug‐Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Multidrug‐resistant tuberculous meningitis (MDR‐TBM) has a high mortality rate, and treatment options are limited. Linezolid is recommended for refractory cases but often causes intolerable adverse reactions such as peripheral neuropathy. Contezolid, a novel oxazolidinone, has shown better safety profiles in preclinical and early clinical ...
Na Wang, Xingyu Li, Qiaoyi Yan, Haitao Su, Yufeng Liu, Yanhong Li, Chunrong Yang, Yingchun Gu, Taoli Yan, Qiuzhen Wang, Xia Liu   +10 more
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Hydrocephalus Caused by Tuberculous Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Young Adult: A Case Report

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2023
Rizaldy Taslim Pinzon,1,2 Vanessa Veronica1 1Faculty of Medicine, Duta Wacana Christian University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; 2Department of Neurology, Bethesda Hospital, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Rizaldy Taslim Pinzon, Duta Wacana Christian ...
Pinzon RT, Veronica V
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