The pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis

AG Davis, UK Rohlwink, A Proust… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death globally. Dissemination of TB to the
brain results in the most severe form of extrapulmonary TB, tuberculous meningitis (TBM) …

Tuberculosis related disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KA Alene, K Wangdi, S Colquhoun, K Chani, T Islam… - BMC medicine, 2021‏ - Springer
Background The sustainable development goals aim to improve health for all by 2030. They
incorporate ambitious goals regarding tuberculosis (TB), which may be a significant cause of …

Post-TB health and wellbeing

R Nightingale, F Carlin, J Meghji… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2023‏ - ingentaconnect.com
TB affects around 10.6 million people each year and there are now around 155 million TB
survivors. TB and its treatments can lead to permanently impaired health and wellbeing. In …

Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research

S Marais, G Thwaites, JF Schoeman… - The Lancet infectious …, 2010‏ - thelancet.com
Tuberculous meningitis causes substantial mortality and morbidity in children and adults.
More research is urgently needed to better understand the pathogenesis of disease and to …

Stroke in tuberculous meningitis

UK Misra, J Kalita, PK Maurya - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Stroke in tuberculous meningitis (TBM) occurs in 15–57% of patients especially in advance
stage and severe illness. The majority of strokes may be asymptomatic because of being in …

Role of aspirin in tuberculous meningitis: a randomized open label placebo controlled trial

UK Misra, J Kalita, PP Nair - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2010‏ - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of aspirin in preventing stroke and mortality
in tuberculous meningitis (TBM). METHODS: Patients with TBM diagnosed on the basis of …

Tuberculous meningitis in adults: a review of a decade of developments focusing on prognostic factors for outcome

F Brancusi, J Farrar, D Heemskerk - Future microbiology, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of TB. Despite treatment, mortality and
long-term disability remain unacceptably high. Prevention, early recognition, diagnosis and …

Tuberculous meningitis in children: Clinical management & outcome

BD Daniel, GA Grace, M Natrajan - Indian Journal of Medical …, 2019‏ - journals.lww.com
Although the occurrence of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in children is relatively rare, but it
is associated with higher rates of mortality and severe morbidity. The peak incidence of TBM …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

CF Palacios, PG Saleeb - Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant public health problem. Tuberculous
meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of extra-pulmonary TB. TBM carries a high mortality …

Standardized methods for enhanced quality and comparability of tuberculous meningitis studies

BJ Marais, AD Heemskerk, SS Marais… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) remains a major cause of death and disability in tuberculosis-
endemic areas, especially in young children and immunocompromised adults. Research …