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)

Also Known As:

Tuberculous Meningitis; Tuberculosis Meningitis; Tuberculosis, Meningeal; Tubercular Meningitis; Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis; Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous; Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous; Meningeal Tuberculoses; Meningitides, Tubercular; Meningitides, Tuberculosis; Meningitides, Tuberculous; Meningitis, Tubercular; Meningitis, Tuberculosis; Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous Hypertrophic; Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous Hypertrophic; Tubercular Meningitides; Tuberculoses, Meningeal; Tuberculosis Meningitides; Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides; Tuberculous Meningitides; Meningitis, Tuberculous

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
- Bacterial Infections: 7021
  - Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections: 97
    - Actinomycetales Infections: 2
      - Mycobacterium Infections: 24
        Tuberculosis: 21229
        Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: 6
        Meningeal Tuberculosis: 1473
  - Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections: 3
    - Bacterial Meningitis: 1716
      - Meningeal Tuberculosis: 1473
Nervous System Diseases: 3793
- Central Nervous System Diseases: 1066
  - Central Nervous System Infections: 253
    - Meningitis: 5891
      - Bacterial Meningitis: 1716
        Meningeal Tuberculosis: 1473
    - Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections: 3
      - Bacterial Meningitis: 1716
        Meningeal Tuberculosis: 1473
      - Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: 6
        Meningeal Tuberculosis: 1473

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