Paradoxical vision loss associated with optochiasmatic tuberculoma in tuberculous meningitis: A report of 8 patients

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 458-466

  Sinha, Manish Kumar ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Anuradha, H K ^a   Agarwal, Atul ^a   Parihar, Anit ^a   Mandhani, Palavi Aga ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHIONAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MANNITOL; OXCARBAZEPINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BLINDNESS; DEXAMETHASONE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 77953325210     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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