Tuberculous meningitis: more questions, still too few answers

GE Thwaites, R van Toorn, J Schoeman - The Lancet Neurology, 2013 - thelancet.com
Tuberculous meningitis is especially common in young children and people with untreated
HIV infection, and it kills or disables roughly half of everyone affected. Childhood disease …

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 …

Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. An official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA clinical practice guideline

P Nahid, SR Mase, GB Migliori, G Sotgiu… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Background: The American Thoracic Society, US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, European Respiratory Society, and Infectious Diseases Society of America …

Tuberculous meningitis: advances in diagnosis and treatment

ME Török - British medical bulletin, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of infection caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causing death or disability in more than half of those affected …

Microbiological diagnosis and mortality of tuberculosis meningitis: systematic review and meta-analysis

G Seid, A Alemu, B Dagne, DF Gamtesa - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis poses a
significant public health global treat. Tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) accounts for …

Tuberculous meningitis in adults: a review of a decade of developments focusing on prognostic factors for outcome

F Brancusi, J Farrar, D Heemskerk - Future microbiology, 2012 - Future Medicine
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of TB. Despite treatment, mortality and
long-term disability remain unacceptably high. Prevention, early recognition, diagnosis and …

Isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: a cause for concern?

HR Stagg, MC Lipman, TD McHugh… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
The drug isoniazid (INH) is a key component of global tuberculosis (TB) control
programmes. It is estimated, however, that 16.1% of TB disease cases in the former Soviet …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional and syndromic surveillance of infectious diseases and pathogens

C Abat, H Chaudet, JM Rolain, P Colson… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Infectious diseases remain a major public health problem worldwide. Hence,
their surveillance is critical. Currently, many surveillance strategies and systems are in use …

Diagnosis and treatment of paediatric tuberculosis: an insight review

N Mandal, PK Anand, S Gautam, S Das… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem, invading all age groups world-wide. It is
an opportunistic infection affecting the individuals alone or with co-infections. Childhood TB …

Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in immunocompromised patients: HIV infection and solid organ transplant recipients

CA Nelson, JR Zunt - Clinical infectious diseases, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating infection with high rates of
morbidity and mortality worldwide and may manifest as meningitis, tuberculoma, abscess, or …