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[Multiple meningeal and cerebral involvement revealing multifocal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient].

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
Tuberculosis is a public health problem in Morocco. Central nervous system involvement is nevertheless rare, occurring in the context of multifocal or miliary tuberculosis. However, it may be a mode of revelation even in an immunocompetent subject.
T. Boulahri, Abdellah Taous, Maha Ait Berri, I. Traibi, A. Rouimi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disseminated tuberculosis with tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent host [PDF]

Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2014
Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) results from the lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Despite the availability of effective therapy, diagnosis is usually late and mortality remains high. We report a case of a 29-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse that presented with altered mental status and was found to have a 'tree-in ...
Patrick Hurley, Talal Hilal, Malkanthie McCormick   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Intra-abdominal lymphatic tuberculosis as a rare case of small intestine volvulus

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Tuberculosis used to be uncommon in the developed countries but seems to be still on rampant in developing countries. However, there seems to be an increasing occurrence in the developed countries too mainly due to low living conditions, increased ...
Filitsa Konstantara, Sotiria Stamopoulou, Ioannis D Gkegkes, Ioannis Kotrogiannis, Eleftherios Fotiou, Christos Papazacharias, Ioannis A Paraskevopoulos, Dimitrios Filippou, Panagiotis Skandalakis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Standardized Methods for Enhanced Quality and Comparability of Tuberculous Meningitis Studies [PDF]

, 2016
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) remains a major cause of death and disability in tuberculosis-endemic areas, especially in young children and immunocompromised adults.
Aarnoutse, Robert, Caws, Maxine, Figaji, Anthony, Hemmskerk, Anna D, Mai, Nguyen T H, Marais, Ben J, Marais, Suzaan S, McIlleron, Helen, Meintjes, Graeme, Misra, Usha K, Rohlwick, Ursula, Ruslami, Rovina, Schoeman, Johan F, Seddon, James A, Solomans, Regan, Thwaites, Guy E, van Crevel, Reinout, van Toorn, Ronald, Wilinson, Robert J   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Meningeal Tuberculoma Masquerading as a Brain Tumor: A Case Report

Cureus, 2022
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of TB. However, tuberculoma is a rare finding and meningeal tuberculoma is even rarer.
Mohammad Abu-Abaa, H. Arshad, Doaa Ali, A. Abdulsahib   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination on Neuroradiological Manifestations of Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis [PDF]

, 2010
The authors conducted this study to identify whether bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination leads to an altered spectrum of neuroimaging findings outcome in pediatric Patients with tuberculous meningitis. This retrospective study was conducted through
Ather M. Taqui, Colditz GA, Guler N., Hopewell PC, Iqbal Azam, Leonard JM, Mohammad Wasay, Najam Uddin, Population Reference Bureau., Rosenthal SR, Saad Ajmal, Scheld WM, Syed Qamaruddin Nizami, Wasay M., World Health Organization., Yousuf Husen   +15 more
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Adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2022
SUMMARY OBJECTIVES: In tuberculosis treatment, corticosteroids are used as adjuvants, especially in meningeal/pericardial tuberculosis. In other forms of the disease, especially in severe tuberculosis requiring mechanical ventilation, its use is ...
Carolina Xavier Lemos, Camila Anton, F. D. Machado, Rafaela Manzoni Bernardi, Alana Ambos Freitas, D. Silva   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Fluoroquinolones and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: implications for the 2018 WHO guidance. [PDF]

, 2019
INTRODUCTION: 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of isoniazid (H)-resistant (Hr) tuberculosis recommend a four-drug regimen: rifampicin (R), ethambutol (E), pyrazinamide (Z) and levofloxacin (Lfx), with or without H ([H]RZE-
Abbara, A, Abubakar, I, Alexander, E, Baker, LV, Barrett, JC, Booth, H, Bothamley, GH, Burgess, H, Cosgrove, C, Creer, DD, Davidson, JA, Dunleavy, A, Francis, M, Grp, LINH-RTBS, Gupta, U, Hamid, S, Harris, RJ, Haselden, BM, Holden, E, Kahr, V, Kon, OM, Kunst, H, Lalor, MK, Lipman, MC, Loebinger, MR, Loutet, MG, Lozewicz, S, Lynn, W, McHugh, TD, Milburn, HJ, Mohiyuddin, T, Palchaudhuri, P, Perrin, FM, Phillips, PPJ, Rahman, A, Schmok, E, Soobratty, MR, Stagg, HR, Taylor, L   +38 more
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Neuromeningeal tuberculosis in HIV-negative patients: a retrospective study in Rabat, Morocco

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2022
Neuro-Meningeal Tuberculosis (NMT) is a severe infection of the central nervous system which causes a public health problem in Morocco and in several countries in the world.
Aziz Ahizoune, A. Satte, Mohamed Ajamat, A. Raggabi, A. Lemnouer, A. Bourazza   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source