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Treatment Outcomes in Adult Tuberculous Meningitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

open access: yesOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background There is substantial variation in the reported treatment outcomes for adult tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Data on survival and neurological disability by continent and HIV serostatus are scarce.
Anna M. Stadelman   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tuberculous Meningitis [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1905
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openaire   +1 more source

Stroke in a Patient with Recurrent Meningeal Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Medical Journal Respiratory, 2021
Recurrent tuberculous meningitis can have a non-specific clinical presentation when it presents as a co-infection with HIV and can resemble other causes of subacute and chronic meningitis, leading to unwanted outcomes; for this reason, timely diagnoses ...
Dilia Fontalvo-Rivera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis: A Small Step Forward

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
The delayed diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) leads to poor outcomes, yet the current diagnostic methods for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are inadequate.
Joseph Donovan   +62 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cerebrospinal fluid matrix metalloproteinase 9 levels, blood-brain barrier permeability, and treatment outcome in tuberculous meningitis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Intensive Antituberculosis Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis

open access: yesClinical pharmacology and therapy, 2020
The most effective antituberculosis drug treatment regimen for tuberculous meningitis is uncertain. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing standard treatment with a regimen intensified by rifampin 15 mg/kg and levofloxacin for the first 60 ...
Junjie Ding   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection of Mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan with A Monoclonal Antibody Qualitative ELISA in Urine of Tuberculous Meningitis Patients

open access: yesIndonesian Biomedical Journal, 2016
BACKGROUND: Tuberculous meningitis is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis. The diagnostic approach of tuberculous meningitis is difficult.
Sylvia Rachmayati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-tuberculous meningitis hydrocephalous- A case report

open access: yesLiaquat 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Infliximab to Treat Paradoxical Tuberculous Meningitis Reactions

open access: yesOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020
We documented dramatic responses to infliximab in 4 tuberculous meningitis cases with severe paradoxical reactions after effective antibacterial treatment, despite high-dose steroids.
B. Marais   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tuberculous meningitis in the elderly

open access: yesQJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2021
Summary Objective Although the elderly population remains at high risk for tuberculosis, studies addressing tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in this age group are scarce. The present study aimed to evaluate the spectrum and outcome of geriatric TBM and document differences between older and young patients.
N Rahman   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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