Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most devastating form of tuberculosis (TB), causing
high mortality or disability. Clinical management of the disease is challenging due to …

The world is aging. The number of individuals aged 60 years and older is expected to
increase globally from 841 million in 2013 to more than 2 billion by 2050. 1 In the United …

The etiologies of meningitis range in severity from benign and self-limited to life-threatening
with potentially severe morbidity. Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency that requires …

Background Aseptic meningitis represents a common diagnostic and management dilemma
to clinicians. Objectives To compare the clinical epidemiology, diagnostic evaluations …

A key clinical responsibility of the emergency physician is to consider the “worst case
scenario” for a given chief complaint. When it comes to infections of the central nervous …

Abstract Background. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines
delineate criteria for the use of computed tomography (CT) scan of the head before lumbar …

Background Encephalitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with unknown
etiologies in the majority of patients. Large prognostic studies evaluating elderly patients are …

Community-acquired meningitis can be classified into acute and subacute presentations by
the duration of illness of≤ or> 5 days, respectively. There are currently no studies …

Introduction The classic clinical presentation of bacterial meningitis (BM) is observed in less
than half of the cases in adults, and symptoms are less specific in children, the elderly or …

Background Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) represents a diagnostic and management
challenge to clinicians. The “Thwaites' system” and “Lancet consensus scoring system” are …