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CSF ADA Determination in Early Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients

Scientifica, 2016
Tuberculous and Cryptococcal meningitis are common in HIV patients. A highly specific and sensitive rapid test for diagnosis of Tuberculous meningitis especially in setting of HIV is not available in developing countries where the burden of disease is ...
Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Brijesh Sharma, B. B. Gupta   +2 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid matrix metalloproteinase 9 levels, blood-brain barrier permeability, and treatment outcome in tuberculous meningitis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Tuberculous meningitis is characterized by elevated levels of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). However, it is unclear whether elevated MMP9 levels are associated with poor treatment outcome.
Sharada Mailankody, Gurukiran V Dangeti, Rajendiran Soundravally, Noyal M Joseph, Jharna Mandal, Tarun K Dutta, Tamilarasu Kadhiravan   +6 more
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Epidemiology of concurrent extrapulmonary tuberculosis in inpatients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis lesions in China: a large-scale observational multi-centre investigation

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
: Aims: A high proportion of all patients with tuberculosis (TB) present with extrapulmonary TB (EPTB), including concurrent EPTB involving more than one extrapulmonary lesion site.
Wanli Kang, Shengsheng Liu, Jian Du, Peijun Tang, Hongyan Chen, Jianxiong Liu, Jinshan Ma, Mingwu Li, Jingmin Qin, Wei Shu, Peilan Zong, Yi Zhang, Yongkang Dong, Zhiyi Yang, Zaoxian Mei, Qunyi Deng, Pu Wang, Wenge Han, Xiaofeng Yan, Ling Chen, Xinguo Zhao, Lei Tan, Fujian Li, Chao Zheng, Hongwei Liu, Xinjie Li, Ertai A, Yingrong Du, Fenglin Liu, Wenyu Cui, Quanhong Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Junfeng Han, Qingyao Xie, Yanmei Feng, Wenyu Liu, Song Yang, Jianyong Zhang, Jian Zheng, Dawei Chen, Xiangyang Yao, Tong Ren, Yan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Lei Wu, Qiang Song, Xinghua Shen, Jian Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Shuliang Guo, Kun Yan, Mei Yang, Dan Lei, Yanli Zhang, Meiying Wu, Liang Li, Shenjie Tang   +56 more
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Tuberculous meningitis

Nature Reviews Neurology, 2017
Tuberculosis remains a global health problem, with an estimated 10.4 million cases and 1.8 million deaths resulting from the disease in 2015. The most lethal and disabling form of tuberculosis is tuberculous meningitis (TBM), for which more than 100,000 new cases are estimated to occur per year.
Wilkinson, R.J., Rohlwink, U., Misra, U.K., Crevel, R. van, Mai, N.T.H., Dooley, K.E., Caws, M., Figaji, A., Savic, R., Solomons, R., Thwaites, G.E.   +10 more
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TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS [PDF]

The Lancet, 1953
The incidence of tuberculous meningitis is at last rapidly diminishing in this country, yet in 1958 there were still 369 newly notified cases in England and Wales (Ministry of Health, 1959). As the untreated disease is inevitably fatal, this incidence is still an important therapeutic challenge.
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Paradoxical Tuberculomas Complicating Tuberculous Meningitis: About Two Cases

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2018
Paradoxical tuberculomas in patients with tuberculous meningitis during antituberculous chemotherapy is an unusual phenomenon. This reaction is due to the immune response of the host to antituberculous drugs. It is commonly seen in the intensive phase of
Cherkaoui Mandour, Jawad Laaguili, Miloudi Gazzaz, El Mostarchid Brahim   +3 more
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Post-tuberculous meningitis hydrocephalous- A case report

Liaquat Medical Research Journal, 2023
Mycobacterium tuberculous bacteria infect host lungs while inhaling them from the external environment, causing a localized infection with a potential to spread to local lymph nodes. The bacilli have the property to disseminate to other organs including
Kashif Khan Kashif Khan, Muhammad Nasir, Shenila Shamsuddin   +2 more
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Leptomeningitis in a person with radiologically isolated syndrome and latent tuberculosis. A case report with implications for clinical research [PDF]

, 2018
A 39-year-old man, followed with serial MRI of CNS for a radiologically isolate syndrome (RIS, a recently described condition considered a subclinical form of MS), was hospitalized for the occurrence of a leptomeningitis. Routine blood tests and contrast
Bozzao, Alessandro, Chiara Buscarinu, Maria, Ferraldeschi, Michela, Fornasiero, Arianna, Ristori, Giovanni, Romano, Andrea, Romano, Silvia, Salvetti, Marco, Teggi, Antonella   +8 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in human immunodeficiency seropositive and seronegative patients of tuberculous meningitis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2014
Background: Some important clinical differences exist between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients. Alterations in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokines and matrix metalloproteinase have been noted in ...
Dheeraj Rai, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Abbas Ali Mahdi, Amita Jain, Rajesh Verma, Anil Kumar Tripathi, Maneesh Kumar Singh, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Gyan Prakash Singh, Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad   +9 more
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Presentation of Tuberculous Meningitis [PDF]

JLUMHS, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To find out the frequency of presentation of Tuberculous meningitis in different stages and to assess the role of Cerebrospinal fluid analysis and Magnetic Resonance imaging in diagnosis.
Salma Haji
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