Disseminated tuberculosis in a three month old infant: effects on the central nervous system

An infant with central nervous system complications of disseminated tuberculosis.

A previously well, nine-month-old, Canadian-born, Caucasian infant presented with one month history of cough, irritability, and poor weight gain. Her past medical history was significant for open-heart surgery at age four months, with repair of a ventricular septal defect, closure of an atrial septal defect, and ligation of patent ductus arteriosus. There were no operative complications. Her de...

Multidrug-resistant disseminated tuberculosis in a 9-month-old infant.

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a 5-month old infant

abstract objective this article reports on an 5-month-old infant who was admitted to our hospital for prolonged fever, focal status epilepticus and encephalopathy. brain magnetic resonance imaging (mri) demonstrated a single hyperintense lesion in right putamen in t2-weighted images. a diagnosis of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis was made based on the clinical features, treatment response ...

Post-Vaccination disseminated BCG infection in an 8-month-old infant

Background: Disseminated bacilli calmette-Guerin (BCG) infection after inoculation with live vaccine is considered to result from impaired immunity of the child. However, half of the cases are regarded as idiopathic because no well-defined immunodeficiency condition can account for the infection. Case report: An 8-month-old male infant was admitted with an ulcer on his left arm at the site ...

P151: The Effects of Boswellia Serrate on Central Nervous System

In the process of neuronal inflammation, an increased in inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α) from immune cells (leukocytes and macrophages), brain cells (microglia, astrocytes and neurons) and in hippocampus, amygdala occurs. Raise the level of cytokines result in reduced in production of molecules that are related to plasticity, especially BDNF, IGF-1 and VEGF. Microglia ...