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Orientia tsutsugamushi meningitis in a patient with tuberculous meningitis complications—a Case Report

Frontiers in Medicine
Scrub typhus (ST) is caused by infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi, transmitted through chigger mite bites, resulting in a febrile disease. Clinical manifestations are complex and may be combined with other microbial infections. This report describes a
Miao Tan, Hao Zou, MaiQing Yang, Anchun Liu   +3 more
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Short course chemotherapy study in tuberculous meningitis in children [PDF]

, 1997
A total of 215 patients with tuberculous meningitis were treated for nine months with one of the following two regimens: The first regimen consisted of 5 drugs namely Streptomycin, Isoniazid and Ethambutol given daily, supplemented with Rifampicin and ...
Kripasankar, A S, Mahalakshmi, S M, Prabhakar, R, Ramachandran, P, Reetha, A M   +4 more
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Neutrophil-Associated Central Nervous System Inflammation in Tuberculous Meningitis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome.

, 2014
Background. The immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) remains incompletely understood, and we know of only 1 disease site-specific study of the underlying immunology; we recently showed that ...
Coussens, AK, Deffur, A, Ismail, Z, Lesosky, M, Marais, S, Meintjes, G, Pepper, DJ, Schutz, C, Wilkinson, KA, Wilkinson, RJ   +9 more
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Hyponatremia in Patients with Tuberculous Meningitis: A Clinical Overview

Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences
OBJECTIVES This study aims to determine the frequency of hyponatraemia in patients suffering from tuberculous meningitis in a tertiary care hospital. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2024 at the Department of ...
Muhammad Ishfaq, Husnain Ahmed, Alvina Ahmed, Filza Ajmal, Iman Aly, Afsheen Mehmood   +5 more
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Liver function tests during treatment of tuberculosis with short-course regimens containing isoniazid, rifampicin & pyrazinamide [PDF]

, 1987
Serial liver function tests (aspartate amino transferase–AST, alanine amino transferase– ALT and total bilirubin) were undertaken in patients admitted to controlled clinical trials for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis and pulmonary tuberculosis.
Acharyulu, G S, Duraipandian, M, Jawahar, M S, Raghupati Sarma, G, Rajeswari , Ramachandran, Raji, Swamy   +5 more
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Study of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase activity for differential diagnosis of tuberculous and non-tuberculous meningitis

, 2023
Seema Agarwal, Santosh G. Varma, Akhil Agarwal   +2 more
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Southern African HIV Clinicians Society guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease among HIV-infected persons: 2019 update. [PDF]

, 2019
Black, J, Boulware, D, Boyles, T, Chiller, T, Dawood, H, Dlamini, S, Govender, NP, Harrison, TS, Ive, P, Jarvis, J, Karstaedt, A, Madua, MC, Mangena, P, Meintjes, G, Menezes, C, Moosa, M-YS, Motlekar, Z, Nel, J, Potgieter, S, Rabie, H, Reddy, D, Shroufi, A, Stacey, SL, Tsitsi, M, van Cutsem, G, Variava, E, Venter, M, Wake, R, Wilson, D   +28 more
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Diagnosed tuberculous meningitis using cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of meningitis in referral hospitals in Isfahan

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious diseases throughout the world. Among various forms of extrapulmonary TB, tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form and remains a major global health problem with a high ...
Kiana Shirani, Zahra Talaei, Majid Yaran, Behrooz Ataei, Ali Mehrabi-Koushki, Farzin Khorvash   +5 more
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The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Immunopathology of Cerebral Tuberculosis

, 2009
Introduction: Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS TB) has a high mortality. Microglial derived matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in the intense inflammatory response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) as the blood brain barrier is
Green, Justin Anton, Green, Justin Anton
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in TB Meningitis and Therapeutic Options

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Meningitis is an inflammatory condition affecting the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can be triggered by various factors, including infectious agents like viruses and bacteria and non-infectious contributors such as cancer or ...
John Dawi, Aishvaryaa Shree Mohan, Yura Misakyan, Scarlet Affa, Edgar Gonzalez, Karim Hajjar, David Nikoghosyan, Sabrina Fardeheb, Christopher Tuohino, Vishwanath Venketaraman   +9 more
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