ALLMedicine™ Tuberculous Meningitis Center

Feb 25th, 2021 - To assess the value of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology in early diagnosis of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). 56 patients with clinically suspected TBM who came to Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital from February 2, 2018 to ...

Jan 31st, 2021 - A comparative performance evaluation of the novel Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) and MTB/RIF Xpert (Xpert) for tuberculous meningitis (TBM) diagnosis was performed. The cerebrospinal fluids of suspected TBM patients were collected consecutively...

Jan 31st, 2021 - Cerebral Salt wasting (CSW) is common in Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) and is suggested to be due to sympathetic dysregulation of renal blood supply but has not been proven. To evaluate plasma Catecholamines in TBM patients with CSW and correlate w...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Syringomyelia secondary to tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is rarely reported, and is usually a late complication. Acute development of syringomyelia following TBM is an exceedingly rare condition with only a few cases published in adults and no prev...

Jan 9th, 2021 - We evaluated the performance of pyrosequencing, a genotypic test which detects TB and XDR-defining mutations within 6 h, directly on CSF samples for diagnosing TB meningitis(TBM). This retrospective, diagnostic accuracy study was conducted in Hind...

Jul 31st, 2009 - SUMMARY AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS: The aim of these guidelines is to describe a practical but evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system tuberculosis in children and adults. We have presented guidance on tubercu...

Feb 25th, 2021 - To assess the value of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology in early diagnosis of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). 56 patients with clinically suspected TBM who came to Shandong Provincial Chest Hospital from February 2, 2018 to ...

Jan 31st, 2021 - A comparative performance evaluation of the novel Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) and MTB/RIF Xpert (Xpert) for tuberculous meningitis (TBM) diagnosis was performed. The cerebrospinal fluids of suspected TBM patients were collected consecutively...

Jan 31st, 2021 - Cerebral Salt wasting (CSW) is common in Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) and is suggested to be due to sympathetic dysregulation of renal blood supply but has not been proven. To evaluate plasma Catecholamines in TBM patients with CSW and correlate w...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Syringomyelia secondary to tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is rarely reported, and is usually a late complication. Acute development of syringomyelia following TBM is an exceedingly rare condition with only a few cases published in adults and no prev...

Jan 9th, 2021 - We evaluated the performance of pyrosequencing, a genotypic test which detects TB and XDR-defining mutations within 6 h, directly on CSF samples for diagnosing TB meningitis(TBM). This retrospective, diagnostic accuracy study was conducted in Hind...

Apr 5th, 2016 - Intensified Antituberculosis Therapy in Adults With Tuberculous Meningitis Heemskerk AD, Bang ND, Mai NTH, et al N Engl J Med. 2016;374:124-134 Study Summary Although early antituberculosis therapy and use of glucocorticoids improve survival among...

Jan 13th, 2016 - Intensified antituberculosis therapy doesn’t appear to improve survival in adults with tuberculous meningitis, compared with standard treatment, according to a report published online Jan. 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dec 2nd, 2014 - It naturally raises the question whether the original wrongdoer – in this case, the laboratory – continues to be liable, or whether the chain of causation has been broken by the intervening cause (the doctor’s negligence). In a federal case, the F.

Jan 9th, 2005 - Other Infectious Diseases Studies Thwaites GE, Nguyen DB, Nguyen HD, et al. Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:1741-1751. The report is from the Oxford University Clinical Re...

Immunopathogenesis Pathology Following inhalation of airborne droplets containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the ingestion of Mtb by alveolar macrophages triggers an inflammatory cascade, generating protective immunity and formation of the ...