New face of the old foe: Central nervous system tuberculosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 965-966

  Mehta, Jay B ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MYELORADICULOPATHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644462793     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000182505.93954.4c     Document Type: Editorial

References (6)

1. CDC. Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2003. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, September 2004.
2. Blaivas AJ, Lardizabal A, McDonald RJ. Two unusual sequelae of tuberculous meningitis despite treatment. South Med J 2005;98:1027-1029.
3. Farinha NJ, Razali KA, Holzel H, et al. Tuberculosis of the central nervous system in children: a 20-year survey. J Infect 2000;41:61-68.
4. Titone L, Di Carlo P, Romano A, et al. Tuberculosis of the central nervous system m children: 32 years survey. Minerva Pediatr. 2004;56:611-617.
5. Rossman MD, MacGregor RR. Tuberculosis: clinical management and new challenges. In: Norris AH, Buckley RM, eds: Central Nervous System Tuberculosis. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1995, pp 157-171.
6. 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.