Presentation
We report a 26 year old patient who, three weeks after initiation of treatment for tuberculous meningitis, presented with acute right hemichorea-ballism and confusion One week later the patient presented acute left hemiparkinsonism. [revecuatneurol.com]
Tuberculosis: Ancient Enemy Present Threat, "I must die": Tuberculosis in History. NAIAD [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/newsroom/focuson/tb02/story.htm. Tuberculosis (TB). [labtestsonline.it]
Neurologic
- Meningism
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We report a 26 year old patient who, three weeks after initiation of treatment for tuberculous meningitis, presented with acute right hemichorea-ballism and confusion One week later the patient presented acute left hemiparkinsonism. [revecuatneurol.com]
We here report a rare clinical case of tuberculous meningitis in a patient in prodromal phase of psychosis. [ajol.info]
Treatment
[…] of Latent TB: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/treatment/treatmentLTBI.htm Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Disease in Persons Not Infected with HIV: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/treatment/treatmentHIVnegative.htm [labtestsonline.it]
We report a 26 year old patient who, three weeks after initiation of treatment for tuberculous meningitis, presented with acute right hemichorea-ballism and confusion One week later the patient presented acute left hemiparkinsonism. [revecuatneurol.com]
Prognosis
Médecine - Sciences 1998 Culture positive tuberculous meningitis: indicators of poor prognosis Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1999 Méningite tuberculeuse. Apport de la tomodensitométrie au diagnostic et au pronostic J Neuroradiology 1985 [semanticscholar.org]
Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014 February 7, Updated.) Treatment for Latent TB Infection. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/ltbi.htm. Accessed January 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [labtestsonline.it]