Diseases

Meningeal Tuberculosis

A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION in the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9)

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A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION in the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9)

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  • Meningitis, Tuberculous
  • TB Meningitis
  • Tubercular Meningitis
  • Tuberculosis Meningitis
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal
  • Meningeal Tuberculoses
  • Meningitides, Tubercular
  • Meningitides, Tuberculosis
  • Meningitides, Tuberculous
  • Meningitis, Tubercular
  • Meningitis, Tuberculosis
  • TB Meningitides
  • Tubercular Meningitides
  • Tuberculoses, Meningeal
  • Tuberculosis Meningitides
  • Tuberculous Meningitides
  • Tuberculous Meningitis
  • Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis
  • Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous
  • Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous
  • Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous Hypertrophic
  • Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous Hypertrophic
  • Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Meningeal Tuberculosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014390. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014390
  2. Meningeal Tuberculosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculous_meningitis
  3. Meningeal Tuberculosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3854687