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Incidence of tuberculous meningitis in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of tuberculous meningitis in the State of Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil, during the period from 2001 to 2010.
Cíntia Helena de Souza, Ayaka Yamane, Jeison Cleiton Pandini, Luciane Bisognin Ceretta, Fabiane Ferraz, Glauco Duarte da Luz, Priscyla Waleska Simões   +6 more
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Recommendations for the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) is still the world's second most frequent cause of death due to infectious diseases after HIV infection, and this has aroused greater interest in identifying and managing exposed subjects, whether they are simply infected or have ...
A Catanzaro, A Cattamanchi, A Gwee, A Lalvani, A Mukherjee, A Naseer, A Polesky, A. Guarino, A. Lo Vecchio, A. Villani, AE Khan, AJ Hayes, AK Detjen, AM Mandalakas, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Thoracic Society, AR Bamford, AT Cruz, AT Cruz, BJ Marais, BJ Marais, BJ Marais, BJ Marais, BM Bergamini, C Debord, C Duicu, C Piersimoni, C Winston, C. Gabiano, C. Russo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CLSI, CLSI, CT Hugo-Hamman, D Buonsenso, D Menzies, D Parashar, D Wang, D. Ciofi, D. Cirillo, DA Lewinsohn, DB Young, DC Stefan, DE Griffith, DE Snider Jr, DI Ling, DI Ling, E Bruzzese, E Chiappini, E Chiappini, E Tortoli, E Tortoli, E. Castagnola, E. Chiappini, E. Tortoli, EA Burkett, EC Pearce, EM Trecarichi, F Chow, F Laraque, F Tinsa, F. Bernardi, FG Youssef, G Antonucci, G Hussey, G Mazurek, G. L. Marseglia, G. Losurdo, GE Oramasionwu, GE Thwaites, HA Moore, HC Maltezou, HE Teo, HJ Zar, HS Hosalkar, I Berggren Palme, I Pavić, I Shah, I Solovic, J Cordova, JR Starke, K Okada, K Schepers, K Weyer, KK Locham, KS Wong, L Bianchi, L Cormican, L Pollock, L Pontual de, L Richeldi, L Richeldi, LE Scott, LM Franchi, M Bates, M Brown, M Hatherill, M Losi, M Pienaar, M. Bocchino, M. Tadolini, MA Davies, MB Conde, ME Török, MP Golden, MV Rose, MX Rangaka, N Principi, N Tukvadze, NJ Farinha, NS Planting, O Boachie-Adjei, O Uygur-Bayramicli, P Britton, P Hepple, P Miotto, P Miotto, P. Tomà, PA Jong de, PC Hopewell, PM Pasco, R Basu Roy, R Kumar, R Zrinski Topić, RA Leder, RG English, RN Zyl-Smit van, S Andronikou, S Andronikou, S Khalilzadeh, S Lucas, S Marais, S Moyo, S Owens, S. Esposito, S. Garazzino, SA Madhi, SC Auld, SE McMullen, T Haustein, UA Qureshi, W Phongsamart   +142 more
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A Case Report of Growth Hormone–Secreting Pituitary Adenoma Complicated by Apoplexy With Atypical Clinical Presentation

Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Pituitary macroadenomas are prevalent benign tumors that can present with insidious symptoms, leading to delayed diagnoses. We report the case of a 29‐year‐old South Asian male who presented with acute neurological symptoms including severe headache, confusion, and vomiting, initially diagnosed as meningitis with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic ...
Bassem Al Hariri, Muhammad Faizan, Reynaldo Balintona Jr, Mohammed Omer Elbadawi Elhassan, Suhib Salameh, Imran Hussain Mohammad, Abdulwahab Muhammad Qasem, Simon Ching-Shun Kao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute Stroke in Tubercular Meningitis: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2019
Most of the strokes in tubercular meningitis are multiple, bilateral, and located in the basal ganglia, especially the ‘tubercular zone’, which comprises of the caudate, anterior thalamus, anterior limb, and genu of the internal capsule.
Suzit Bhusal, Sujata Dahal, Neha Gautam, Prakash Banjade   +3 more
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Tuberculous meningitis of severe expression in pediatrics

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem worldwide. The actual magnitude of this epidemic is underestimated due to difficulties in diagnosis in children and the limited reporting of this disease.
Guiliana Reyes Florián, Martin Seminario-Aliaga   +1 more
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Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of Review:: Bacterial infections of the central nervous system are neurologic emergencies. Prompt recognition and treatment are essential not only to prevent mortality, but also to decrease neurologic sequelae.
Roos, Karen L.
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Neonatal‐Onset Chronic Granulomatous Disease Presenting With Recurrent Culture‐Negative Meningitis: A Case Report and Diagnostic Considerations

Case Reports in Immunology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency caused by defective phagocyte oxidative burst and may present in early life with severe or recurrent infections. We report a female infant born at 38 weeks’ gestation (birth weight 2700 g) who developed fever and presumed sepsis at 5 days of life, followed by multiple recurrent ...
Anwar Abu Hetta, Rayyan G. Shakarnah, Khalil R. Salah, Jasem Y. Hroub, Abdallah N. Khatib, Amjad H. Rabei, Xingliang Dai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis Meningitis, still Misunderstood

Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases, 2015
World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 9 millions of people developed tuberculosis in 2013, and 1.5 million died, including 360 000 people who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) . 133 years after Robert Koch discovered the bacillus that cause the disease, tuberculosis remains a major global health problem. Tuberculosis meningitis (
Yanelis Pernas Sánchez, Dannys Rivero Rodríguez   +1 more
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Meningomyeloradiculitis as an Unusual Presentation of Neuroborreliosis in Childhood [PDF]

, 2015
We report a pediatric case of Lyme neuroborreliosis-associated meningomyeloradiculitis with atypical manifestations and negative initial cerebrospinal fluid borrelial antibodies. Transverse myelitis and painful radiculoneuritis have rarely been described
Conceição, C, Gouveia, C, Lopes de Carvalho, I, Núncio, MS, Silva, R, Sousa, V   +5 more
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Clinical characteristics, common sites and drug resistance profile in culture-confirmed extrapulmonary TB/HIV co-infection patients, Southwest China

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2022
: Objectives: There are few reports on extrapulmonary tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (EPTB/HIV) co-infection patients, especially the resistance profile of culture-confirmed EPTB.
Dong-Mei Wang, Qing-feng Li, Ma Zhu, Yuan-Hong Xu, Yi Liao   +4 more
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