British Infection Society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults and children

G Thwaites, M Fisher, C Hemingway, G Scott… - Journal of infection, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of these guidelines is to describe a practical but evidence-based approach to the
diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system tuberculosis in children and adults. We …

Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in children: a 20-year survey

NJ Farinha, KA Razali, H Holzel, G Morgan… - Journal of infection, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To review our experience of central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis at a major
British paediatric tertiary referral centre, following the introduction of CT Scan facilities …

Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research

S Marais, G Thwaites, JF Schoeman… - The Lancet infectious …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Tuberculous meningitis causes substantial mortality and morbidity in children and adults.
More research is urgently needed to better understand the pathogenesis of disease and to …

Tuberculous meningitis

RK Garg - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Garg RK. Tuberculous meningitis. Acta Neurol Scand: 122: 75–90.© 2009 The Author
Journal compilation© 2009 Blackwell Munksgaard. Tuberculous meningitis is a severe form …

[PDF][PDF] Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: tuberculous meningitis new developments

R Galimi - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 2011 - europeanreview.org
Tuberculosis (TB) can involve any organ system in the body. Extrapulmonary involvement
can occur in isolation or along with a pulmonary focus as in the case of patients with …

Tuberculous meningitis in South African urban adults.

AS Karstaedt, S Valtchanova, R Barriere… - QJM: monthly journal …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
We retrospectively reviewed 56 adults with culture-proven tuberculous meningitis (TBM),
investigating clinical signs, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings and outcome. There were 50 …

Update on the diagnosis and management of tuberculous meningitis in children

R van Toorn, R Solomons - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most devastating manifestation of tuberculosis, is often
missed or overlooked because of nonspecific symptoms and difficulties in diagnosis. It …

Tuberculous meningitis: diagnosis and treatment overview

GE Marx, ED Chan - Tuberculosis research and treatment, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most common form of central nervous system
tuberculosis (TB) and has very high morbidity and mortality. TBM is typically a subacute …

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis

GE Thwaites - Current opinion in neurology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous menin... : Current Opinion in
Neurology Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis : Current …

Tuberculous meningitis in children and adults: a 10-year retrospective comparative analysis

EG Miftode, OS Dorneanu, DA Leca, G Juganariu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most lethal form of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis infection, which has a high rate of neurological complications and sequelae …