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However, people with specific health problems are at greater risk of developing these conditions. volume 13, pages 581–598 (2017)Cite this article, Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) causes death and disability, with especially high rates of poor outcomes in children and individuals with an HIV-1 co-infection, Important risk factors for poor outcome are delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment, advanced disease, and antitubercular drug resistance, Intracerebral and spinal pathology in TBM is mediated by a dysregulated inflammatory response that contributes to meningitis, tuberculoma formation, arteritis, obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow, and vascular complications including stroke, Diagnosis of TBM is insensitive and laborious; clinical scoring algorithms are imperfect and few rigorous evaluations of diagnostics have been performed, Multidrug antitubercular antibiotic therapy is the mainstay of treatment; however, CSF penetration is probably a major limitation of these therapies, and evidence supporting dosage and treatment combinations is weak, The supportive management of TBM complications, which include hyponatraemia, hydrocephalus, hypoxic brain damage and infarction, is poorly understood and researched, but is vital to outcome. The spinal meninges may become involved secondarily due to extension of intracranial meningitis, or may develop primarily from a tuberculous focus on the surface of the cord (which then ruptures into the subarachnoid space), or via transdural extension of an infection from caries in the spine (e.g. Pediatr. Effect of BCG vaccination on childhood tuberculous meningitis and miliary tuberculosis worldwide: a meta-analysis and assessment of cost-effectivenes. Neurosurg. Can J Infect Dis. Am. Andronikou, S. et al. Infect. Standardized methods for enhanced quality and comparability of tuberculous meningitis studies. Does neonatal BCG vaccination protect against tuberculous meningitis?. Call your doctor right away if you experience vision changes and headaches at the same time. Sun Y, Chen J, Li J, Xu Y, Jin H, Xu N, et al. Dis. Clínica+ LCR+ TAC+ Tb en otro lado . Tuberculosis. Dis. and transmitted securely. 2010 Feb. 70(1):88-93. J. 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Schoeman, Regan Solomons, Ronald Van Toorn (University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa); James Seddon (Imperial College, London, UK); Javeed Shah (University of Washington, Washington, USA); Jaya S. Tyagi (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India); Douwe H. Visser (VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Robert J. Wilkinson (Imperial College and The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK and University of Cape Town, South Africa). Yadav, A. et al. 2010 Nov; 10(11):803-12. Treating people with nonactive or dormant TB infections can also help control the spread of the disease. Clin. [10] The Tuberculosis: Advocacy Report released by the World Health organization (WHO) in 2003 suggests the persistence of TB otitis, as well as possibly an increase in the incidence of TB otitis. 370, 196–200 (2016). Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by a dot-immunobinding assay. 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