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Tuberculous meningitis, also known as TB meningitis or tubercular meningitis, is a specific type of bacterial meningitis caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the meninges-the system of membranes which envelop the central nervous system. (wikipedia.org)
The pathophysiology of tuberculous meningitis involves bacterial invasion of the brain parenchyma meninges or cortex, causing the formation of small subpial foci. (wikipedia.org)
Tuberculous meningitis is an infection of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges). (medlineplus.gov)
Tuberculous meningitis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis . (medlineplus.gov)
Tuberculous meningitis is very rare in the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
Tuberculous meningitis is life threatening if untreated. (medlineplus.gov)
Tuberculous meningitis may be a reason for neuromuscular shoulder instability. (hindawi.com)
We describe a 12-year-old child with a recurrent anterior instability of the shoulder, which developed after tuberculous meningitis at 18 months of age. (hindawi.com)
This is the first case report of a child with recurrent anterior shoulder instability due to neuromuscular imbalance that developed as a sequel of tuberculous meningitis episode. (hindawi.com)
She had a previous history of tuberculous meningitis and was treated with antituberculous therapy for nine months when she was 17 months old. (hindawi.com)
Tuberculous meningitis disproportionately affects young children. (nih.gov)
We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of childhood tuberculous meningitis studies published up to Oct 12, 2012. (nih.gov)
Despite treatment, childhood tuberculous meningitis has very poor outcomes. (nih.gov)
Poor prognosis and difficult early diagnosis emphasise the importance of preventive therapy for child contacts of patients with tuberculosis and low threshold for empirical treatment of tuberculous meningitis suspects. (nih.gov)
[ 50 ] Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a manifestation of extrapulmonary TB, develping in 1%-5% of the approximately 10 million cases of TB worldwide. (medscape.com)
The bacilli may then seed to the central nervous system (CNS) and result in three forms of CNS TB: tuberculous meningitis, intracranial tuberculoma, and spinal tuberculous arachnoiditis. (medscape.com)
To determine patient characteristics associated with isoniazid resistance in cases of tuberculous meningitis, we conducted a cross-sectional study by using data from the US National Tuberculosis Surveillance System during 1993-2005. (cdc.gov)
The mortality rate for tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is higher than other forms of tuberculosis (TB), and survivors are often left with severe neurologic disability ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
Global Frequency and Clinical Features of Stroke in Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis: A Systematic Review. (iasp-pain.org)
Stroke in tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. (iasp-pain.org)
Hydrocephalus is one of the commonest complications of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) occurring in up to 85% of children with the disease. (neurologyindia.com)
Professor Guy Thwaites is trying to improve outcomes for patients with tuberculous meningitis, the most severe form of tuberculosis. (ox.ac.uk)
100, 000 people a year get tuberculous meningitis and without treatment 100% of people with the disease will die. (ox.ac.uk)
Her PhD research focused on finding better diagnostics and treatments for HIV-associated tuberculous meningitis, the most severe form of TB, which carries a greater than 50% case fatality in Uganda. (org.ug)
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) develops in 2 steps. (medscape.com)
The assessment and management of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is often complex, yet no standardised approach exists, and evidence for the clinical care of patients, including those with critical illness, is limited. (ucl.ac.uk)
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is difficult to diagnose, and a high index of suspicion is needed to make an early diagnosis. (medscape.com)
Tuberculous spinal meningitis may manifest as an acute, subacute, or chronic form. (medscape.com)
A total of 215 patients with tuberculous meningitis were treated for nine months with one of the following two regimens: The first regimen consisted of 5 drugs namely Streptomycin, Isoniazid and Ethambutol given daily, supplemented with Rifampicin and Pyrazinamide thrice a week for the first two months, followed by Rifampicin and Isoniazid twice a week for the next seven months. (nirt.res.in)
This emphasises the need for early diagnosis and treatment in tuberculous meningitis. (nirt.res.in)
Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis may be difficult. (msdmanuals.com)
An automated rapid nucleic acid amplification test called Xpert MTB/RIF has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. (msdmanuals.com)
Because tuberculous meningitis has a rapid and destructive course and because diagnostic tests are limited, this infection should be treated based on clinical suspicion. (msdmanuals.com)

Thermophilic actinomycetes and non-tuberculous mycobacteria may have played a role in the occupants' respiratory outcomes in this water-damaged building. (nih.gov)
Background People living with cystic fibrosis have an increased risk of lung infection with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which is reportedly increasing. (ersjournals.com)
We conducted a systematic review of the literature to estimate the burden (prevalence and incidence) of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in the cystic fibrosis population. (ersjournals.com)
Objective: To determine the proportion of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in samples of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases from Papua New Guinea who were diagnosed using acid-fast microscopy. (who.int)
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria, especially Mycobacterium immunogenum and M. chelonae, that are associated with metalworking fluid s (MWF) have been implicated in occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), asthma, and other respiratory illnesses in the MWF exposed metal workers. (cdc.gov)

Tuberculous pleuritis secondary to Mycobacterium bovis in a veterinarian. (ox.ac.uk)
Osteoarticular TB is the third most common variety of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, accounting for 1%-5% of the total, and with a greater axial involvement, which may be present in 71%, 1,2 producing the condition known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculous spondylodiskitis. (reumatologiaclinica.org)
Tuberculous pleurisy occurs when Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen is released from a ruptured caseous focus into the pleural space causing hyperinflammatory response with a rapid influx of lymphocytes. (smj.rs)

ICD-9 code 010 for Primary tuberculous infection is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -TUBERCULOSIS (010-018). (aapc.com)
When taken as prescribed, isoniazid preventive therapy is highly effective in preventing latent tuberculous infection from progressing to clinically apparent disease. (cdc.gov)
Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is caused by a severe delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction in response to the rupture of a subpleural focus of MTB infection. (atsjournals.org)
Treatment for M. bovis infection is with prolonged combination anti-tuberculous therapy, using an alternative to pyrazinamide as the organism is inherently resistant to this drug. (ox.ac.uk)

Hence, it is imperative to consider a differential diagnosis of tuberculous epididymo-orchitis in a case of scrotal swelling in a country like India where tuberculosis is known to be endemic. (journalcra.com)
Inguinal tuberculosis lymphadenitis is an extremely rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculous lymphadenitis. (turkhijyen.org)
Tuberculous pleurisy (TP) is one of the most common extra-pulmonary tuberculosis forms. (smj.rs)

To assess the usual means for diagnosing peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis and present our experience in the management of the disease. (org.sa)
In this case, a 25 years old male with isolated unilateral tuberculous lymphadenitis and its treatment is presented. (turkhijyen.org)
Lymphadenitis and tuberculous pleurisy (TP) are the two most common extra-pulmonary forms [ 1 ],[ 2 ]. (smj.rs)

Daire A, Tuberculous spondylitis. (radiopaedia.org)
These findings are consistent with Tuberculous spondylitis , which typically involves the vertebral bodies. (radiopaedia.org)
Discrimination of tuberculous spondylitis from pyogenic spondylitis on MRI. (radiopaedia.org)
Tuberculous spondylitis is also known as Pott disease or spinal caries. (medscape.com)
MRI radiomics-based evaluation of tuberculous and brucella spondylitis. (bvsalud.org)

The benefits of adjuvant corticosteroids remain in doubt: their use in adults is controversial, though they may be indicated in the presence of increased ICP, altered consciousness, focal neurological findings, spinal block, and tuberculous encephalopathy. (medscape.com)

ADA in pleural punctate is a fast, efficient, and economical way for clarifying the etiology of a pleural effusion such as tuberculous pleurisy and treatment response during the follow up period. (smj.rs)
Diagnosis of TB is challenging in patients with tuberculous pleurisy without a coexisting parenchymal lesion as they are sputum negative. (smj.rs)
Blind closed pleural biopsy is the most sensitive diagnostic test for tuberculous pleurisy [ 10 ]. (smj.rs)

Peritonitis, Tuberculous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) . (uchicago.edu)
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Peritonitis, Tuberculous" by people in this website by year, and whether "Peritonitis, Tuberculous" was a major or minor topic of these publications. (uchicago.edu)
Below are the most recent publications written about "Peritonitis, Tuberculous" by people in Profiles. (uchicago.edu)

Cytokines for monitoring anti-tuberculous therapy: A systematic review. (medbullets.com)
Several exploratory studies have evaluated the diagnostic potential of cytokine biomarkers other than interferon-gamma for monitoring anti-tuberculous therapy. (medbullets.com)

Controlled trial of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy for two years in Crohn's disease. (bmj.com)

Therefore, endovascular stent graft repair with antimycobacterial therapy may be a treatment option in patients with multiple tuberculous aneurysms. (ajou.ac.kr)

Pleural fluid culture in the context of suspected tuberculous pleuritis is frequently negative and pleural biopsy significantly increases the likelihood of confirming the diagnosis histologically and microbiologically. (ox.ac.uk)

The suspect of tuberculous pericarditis is usually clinical and anamnestic. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Conclusion: High index of suspicion, ambiguous clinical presentation and utilising adequate laboratory tools for diagnosis of tuberculous mastitis in male is essential for proper clinical outcome. (ijsr.net)

Agarwal, R. and Gupta, D. (2009) Tuberculous Sarcoidosis Is It a Separate Entity Lung India, 26, 61-62. (scirp.org)

However, differentiation and immune regulation of Th22 cells in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) remain unknown. (atsjournals.org)

We need a biomarker, which can differentiate between the malignant form of tuberculous pleural effusion and other pleural effusions. (smj.rs)

Methods: As part of a case detection study for TB, conducted in three provincial hospitals in Papua New Guinea, sputum samples of suspected tuberculous cases aged 15 years or older were collected from November 2010 to July 2012. (who.int)

MR features of tuberculous pericarditis include presence of a diffuse edematous imbibition of visceral layers which can be recognized using T2-weighted sequences and is usually associate with a variable amount of effusion and irregular thickening of the membrane. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Histopathological study thereafter revealed features of tuberculous epididymo-orchitis. (journalcra.com)

Tuberculous cavernositis of the penis: case report. (bmj.com)

Title : Followup of tuberculous recalcitrants Personal Author(s) : Kupka, Edward;Gibson, Dorothy L. (cdc.gov)

This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages applications that seek to better understand Pulmonary Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections and inform development of medical countermeasures. (nih.gov)
Colonisation of point of use water filters by silver resistant non-tuberculous mycobacteria. (bmj.com)
In recent decades, because of increasing prevalence of immunocompromised disease, non-tuberculous mycobacteria that have been known already as environmental bacteria presented as an important pathogens. (ac.ir)
Occurrence of non tuberculous mycobacteria in environmental sample. (ac.ir)
Infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).Indian J Med Res 2004;120:290-304. (ac.ir)
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess. (bvsalud.org)
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. (bvsalud.org)
Study of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria species isolated from Isfahan water samples using molecular me. (ac.ir)

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease increasing across U.S. (pulmccm.org)

We report the case of a tuberculous temporal lobe abscess in a 14-year-old female child that mimicked an otogenic pyogenic brain abscess. (karger.com)
The pathogenesis and treatment of tuberculous brain abscess in children is reviewed in light of the current literature on the subject. (karger.com)
Di lauro E, Di lauro A: The otogenic tuberculous cerebral abscess (in Italian). (karger.com)
Kumar R, Pandey CK, Bose N, Sahay S: Tuberculous brain abscess: clinical presentation, pathophysiology and treatment in children. (karger.com)
Metin A, Uysal G, Guven A, Unlu A, Ozturk MH: Tuberculous brain abscess in a patient with hyper IgE syndrome. (karger.com)
Hartung M, Tuberculous tubo-ovarian abscess and peritonitis. (radiopaedia.org)

ABSTRACT To determine the effect of adjunct therapy, we carried out a prospective cohort study on 190 patients with tuberculous pleural effusion during May 2003-April 2004. (who.int)
Cohen and Sahn, however, do not recommended routine use of corticosteroids in tuberculous pleural effusion unless there are acute symptoms such as fever, chest pain or dyspnoea that are disturbing to the patient [7]. (who.int)
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of adjunct therapy (corticosteroids and paracentesis) on tuberculous pleural effusion with regard to symptoms, size of the effusion and pleural thickening (scarring). (who.int)

This lecture will review the global prevalence of tuberculous Uveitis and its various clinical manifestations. (cybersight.org)

Thoracoscopy is the most accurate yet most expensive tool for establishing the diagnosis of tuberculous (TB) pleurisy. (ersjournals.com)
A18.52 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of tuberculous keratitis. (icd.codes)

The most frequent causes are tuberculous pleuritis and pleurel effusion secondary to rheumatoid arthritis. (nih.gov)

Tang ES, Chau A, Fong D, Humphries MJ: The treatment of multiple intracranial tuberculous abscesses: a case report. (karger.com)

Tuberculous lymphadenopathy is the best-known type of EPTB, which includes 35% of all EPTB cases. (scielo.br)
Here we present a case of presumed ocular sarcoidosis diagnosed by ocular manifestation and treatment course, who developed tuberculous lymphadenopathy 6 years later without recurrence of ocular inflammation. (springeropen.com)

Tuberculous (TB) pleurisy remains a diagnostic challenge. (ersjournals.com)

Steyn's study, "A high-resolution 3D atlas of the spectrum of tuberculous and COVID-19 lung lesions," was recently published in EMBO Molecular Medicine . (uab.edu)
and (d) when tuberculous lesions exist in any part of an emaciated carcass. (dokumen.tips)

Tuberculous otitis media (TOM) can be difficult to diagnose because of its rarity, variable signs and symptoms, and non-specific manifestations compared to other types of chronic otitis media (COM). (ejao.org)

Tuberculous colitis mimicking Crohn disease. (childrensmercy.org)

Case Report: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteriosis Caused by a Novel GATA2 Variant. (cegat.com)

I'm going to give you two presentations today, on sarcoidosis - I hope you can see my screen here - and on tuberculous uveitis. (cybersight.org)

Meningitis33

Mycobacteria5

Mycobacterium3

Infection4

Tuberculosis3

Lymphadenitis3

Spondylitis5

Spinal1

Pleurisy3

PERITONITIS3

Anti-tuberculous therapy2

Chemotherapy1

Patients1

Pleural biopsy1

Clinical2

India1

Immune1

Form1

Cases1

Features2

Case report1

Author1

Mycobacteria8

Mycobacterial1

Abscess6

Pleural effusion3

Prevalence of tuberculous1

Diagnosis of tuberculous2

Pleuritis1

Abscesses1

Lymphadenopathy2

Diagnostic challenge1

Lesions2

Difficult to diagnose1

Disease1

Case1

Sarcoidosis1