Tuberculous meningitis: Clinical characteristics and comparison with cryptococcal meningitis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 671-676

  Sánchez Portocarrero, Jorge ^a   Pérez Cecilia, Elisa ^a   Jiménez Escrig, Adriano ^b   Martín Rabadán, Pablo ^a   Roca, Victor ^a   Yague, Margarita Ruiz ^a   Romero Vivas, José ^a   Palau, Enrique ^a   Picazo, Juan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030006338     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550070109018     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Pitchenik AE, Burr J, Suarez M, Fertel D, Gonzalez G, Moas C. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III) seropositivity and related disease among 71 consecutive patients in whom tuberculosis was diagnosed: a prospective study. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1987;135:875-879.
2. Chaisson RE, Slutkin G. Tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Infect Dis. 1989;159:96-100.
3. Barnes PF, Bloch AB, Davidson PT, Snider DE. Tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med. 1991;324:1644-1650.
4. Pons VG, Jacobs RA, Hollander H. Nonviral infections of the central nervous system in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In: Rosenblum ML, Levy RM, Bredesen DE, eds. AIDS and the Nervous System. New York, NY: Raven Press; 1988:263-283.
5. Fischl MA, Pitchenik AE, Spira TJ. Tuberculous brain abscess and toxoplasma encephalitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. JAMA. 1985;253:3423-3430.
6. Bishburg E, Sunderam G, Reichman LB, Kapila R. Central nervous system tuberculosis with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and its related complex. Ann Intern Med. 1986;105:210-213.
7. Abós J, Graus F, Miró JM, et al. Intracranial tuberculomas in patients with AIDS. AIDS. 1991;5:461-462.
8. Martinez-Martin P, Herreros A, Rapún Pac JL. Meningitis tuberculosa y sindrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida. Arch Neurobiol. 1989;52(suppl 1 ):127-134.
9. Berenguer J, Moreno S, Laguna F, et al. Tuberculous meningitis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. N Engl J Med. 1992;326: 668-672.
10. Dubé MP, Holtom PD, Larsen RA. Tuberculous meningitis in patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. Am J Med. 1992;93:520-524.
11. Doll DC, Yarbro JW, Phillips K, Klott C. Mycobacterial spinal cord abscess with an ascending polyneuropathy. Ann Intern Med. 1987;106:333-334.
12. Woolsey RM, Chambers TJ, Chung HD, McGarry JD. Mycobacterial meningomyelitis associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Arch Neurol. 1988;45:691-693.
13. Gallant JE, Mueller PS, McArthur JC, Chaisson RE. Intramedullary tuberculoma in a patient with HIV infection. AIDS. 1992;6:889-891.
14. Lucas SB, Hounnou A, Peacock C, et al. The mortality and pathology of HIV infection in a West African city. AIDS. 1993;7:1569-1579.
15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Revision of the CDC surveillance case definition for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1987;36(suppl 1):1S-15S.
16. Ogawa SK, Smith MA, Brennessel DJ, Lowy FD. Tuberculous meningitis in an urban medical center. Medicine. 1987;66:317-326.
17. Medical Research Council Report: streptomycin treatment of tuberculous meningitis. Lancet. 1948;1:582-596.
18. Sánchez-Portocarrero J, Pérez-Cecilia E, Roca V, et al. Meningitis por Candida albicansen 2 adictos a drogas por via parenteral: revisión de la literatura. Enferm Intecc Microbiol Clin. 1993;11:244-249.
19. March Ayuela P. Situación actual de la tuberculosis en Espan̄a. Med Clin. 1991; 97:463-472.
20. Bouza E, Martin-Scapa C, Bernaldo de Quirós JCL, et al. High prevalence of tuberculosis in AIDS patients in Spain. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988; 7:785-788.
21. Selwyn PA, Hartel D, Lewis VA, et al. A prospective study of the risk of tuberculosis among intravenous drug users with human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med. 1989;320:545-550.
22. Tandon PN, Bhatia R, Bhargava S. Tuberculous meningitis. In: Harris M, ed. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Elsevier Science Publishers; 1988;8:195-226.
23. Kent SJ, Crowe SM, Yung A, Lucas CR, Mijch AM. Tuberculous meningitis: a 30-year review. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;17:987-994.
24. Davis LE, Rastogi KR, Lambert LC, Skipper BJ. Tuberculous meningitis in the south-west United States: a community-based study. Neurology. 1993;43:1775-1778.
25. Kingsley DPE, Hendrickse WA, Kendall BE, Swash M, Singh V. Tuberculous meningitis: role of CT in management and prognosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987;50:30-36.
26. Jinkins JR. Computed tomography of intracranial tuberculosis. Neuroradiology. 1991;33:126-135.
27. Villoria MF, de la Torre J, Fortea F, Munoz L, Hemandez T, Alarcón JJ. Intracranial tuberculosis in AIDS: CT and MRI findings. Neuroradiology. 1992;34:11-14.
28. Lees AJ, MacLeod AF, Marshall J. Cerebral tuberculomas developing during treatment of tuberculous meningitis. Lancet. 1980;1:1208-1211.
29. Chambers ST, Hendrickse WA, Record C, Rudge P, Smith H. Paradoxical expansion of intracranial tuberculomas during chemotherapy. Lancet. 1984;2: 181-184.
30. Bouslama K, Berlie C, Lons Danis D, Cabane J, Lebas J, Imbert JC. Méningite tuberculeuse sans signe biologique au cours du SIDA. Ann Med Interne. 1991; 142:227-228.
31. Laguna F, Adrados M, Ortega A, González-Lahoz JM. Tuberculous meningitis with acellular cerebrospinal fluid in AIDS patients. AIDS. 1992;6:1165-1167.
32. Peacock JE. Persistent neutrophilic meningitis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1990; 4:747-767.
33. Mizutani T, Kurosawa N, Matsuno Y, Miyagawa M, Matsuya S, Aiba T. Atypical manifestations of tuberculous meningitis. Eur Neurol. 1993;33:159-162.
34. López MT, Lluch M, Fernéndez-Solá J. Coca A, Urbano-Márquez A. Meningitis tuberculosa de presentación atipica en un paciente con infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana. Med Clin. 1992;98:543-544.
35. Watt G, Selkon JB, Bautista S, Laughlin LW. Drug resistant tuberculous meningitis in the Philippines: report of a case. Tubercle. 1989;70:139-141.
36. Fortún J, Gómez-Mampaso E, Navas E, Hermida JM, Antela A, Guerrero A. Meningitis tuberculosa por microorganismos resistantes: fracaso terapéutico en 2 pacientes con infección por HIV y tuberculosis diseminada. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1994;12:150-153.
37. Horn DL, Hewlett D Jr, Peterson S, Sabido D, Opal SM. RISE-resistant tuberculous meningitis in AIDS patient. Lancet. 1993;341:177-178.
38. Moeller AA, Backmund HC. Ventricle brain ratio in the clinical course of HIV infection. Acta Neurol Scand. 1990;81:512-515.
39. Stockstill MT, Kauffman CA. Comparison of cryptococcal and tuberculous meningitis. Arch Neurol. 1983;40:81-85.
40. Clark RA, Greer D, Atkinson W, Valainis GT, Hyslop N. Spectrum of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in 68 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Rev Infect Dis. 1990;12:768-777.
41. Dylewsky J, Thibert L. Failure of tuberculosis chemotherapy in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient. J Infect Dis. 1990;162:778-779.
42. Spitzer ED, Spitzer SG, Freundlich LF, Casadevall A. Persistence of initial infection in recurrent Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis. Lancet. 1993;341:595-596.
43. Kales CP, Holzman RS. Listeriosis in patients with HIV infection: clinical manifestations and response to therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1990;3: 139-143.
44. Slutsker L, Castro KG, Ward JW, Dooley SW. Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis among persons with AIDS in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;16:513-518.
45. Kreiss JK, Castro KG. Special considerations for managing suspected human immunodeficiency virus infection and AIDS in patients from developing countries. J Infect Dis. 1990;162:955-960.
46. De Cock KM, Soro B, Coulibaly IM, Lucas SB. Tuberculosis and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. JAMA. 1992;268:1581-1587.