Tuberculous meningitis

RJ Wilkinson, U Rohlwink, UK Misra… - Nature reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Central nervous system tuberculosis: etiology, clinical manifestations and neuroradiological features

MA Schaller, F Wicke, C Foerch, S Weidauer - Clinical neuroradiology, 2019 - Springer
Purpose As a result of multilateral migration and globalization in times of humanitarian
crises, western countries face a possible increase in the incidence of central nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] Extrapulmonary tuberculosis—an update on the diagnosis, treatment and drug resistance

R Gopalaswamy, VNA Dusthackeer, S Kannayan… - Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms (MTBC) primarily cause
pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB); however, MTBC are also capable of causing disease in …

The neurocritical care of tuberculous meningitis

J Donovan, A Figaji, D Imran, NH Phu… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Tuberculous meningitis is the most severe form of tuberculosis and often causes critical
illness with high mortality. Two primary management objectives are reducing intracranial …

Tuberculous meningitis in children and adults: new insights for an ancient foe

A Mezochow, K Thakur, C Vinnard - Current neurology and neuroscience …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Tuberculous meningitis is the most devastating manifestation of
infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and represents a medical emergency …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil-Mediated Immunopathology and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Central Nervous System–Tuberculosis

XY Poh, FK Loh, JS Friedland, CWM Ong - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading infectious killers in the world, infecting
approximately a quarter of the world's population with the causative organism …

Central nervous system and spinal cord tuberculosis: Revisiting an important disease

GLO Salvador, ACN Basso, PP Barbieri, CA Leitao… - Clinical Imaging, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is a worldwide pandemic. Estimated that about 25% humans are colonized by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and about 1% are believed to develop the infection in the …

[HTML][HTML] The diagnostic deceiver: radiological pictorial review of tuberculosis

SA Alshoabi, KM Almas, SA Aldofri, AM Hamid… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; it is a public
health problem worldwide and one of the leading causes of mortality. Since December …

Clinical features, long-term clinical outcomes, and prognostic factors of tuberculous meningitis in West China: a multivariate analysis of 154 adults

K Li, H Tang, Y Yang, Q Li, Y Zhou, M Ren… - Expert review of anti …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Tuberculosis is prevalent in China, which is the second greatest contributor to
the global tuberculosis burden. Tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) is the most severe disease …

[HTML][HTML] S2k-Leitlinie zur Diagnostik, Prävention und Therapie der Tuberkulose im Kindes-und Jugendalter

C Feiterna-Sperling, F Brinkmann, C Adamczick… - …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Aktuelle epidemiologische Daten zeigen in den letzten Jahren einen Anstieg der
Tuberkulose im Kindes-und Jugendalter. Es findet sich zudem auch in Deutschland ein …