Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Christie, Laura J. ; Loeffler, Ann M. ; Honarmand, Somayeh ; Flood, Jennifer M. ; Baxter, Roger ; Jacobson, Susan ; Alexander, Rick ; Glaser, Carol A.
• Description:
  Central nervous system tuberculosis (TB) was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical features (encephalitic symptoms, rapid onset, age) and diagnostic challenges (insensitive cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] TB PCR result, elevated CSF glucose levels in patients with diabetes, negative result for tuberculin skin test) complicated diagnosis.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Antitubercular Agents California Central Nervous System Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Encephalitis Female Humans Infant Male Meningitis Middle Aged Mycobacterium Bovis Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(9):1473-1475
• Pubmed ID:
  18760024
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2603083
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U50/CCU915546-09/PHS HHS/United States
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b69592f68a69071e27228d9b45aed1691fc5c7439b7c31add4bac1cba23a5bdc
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16750/cdc_16750_DS1.pdf
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