Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease
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Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease.
The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. We report a severe manifestation of the so called paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis that unmasked previously silent meningeal disease in a 34-year-old HIV-infected male patient.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822002000100011