"TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS AND LETHARGIC ENCEPHALITIS."
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Tuberculous Meningitis
This is a brief review of the cases of tuberculous meningitis treated at Ham Green Hospital with streptomycin. Since 1948, seventy-seven cases have been admitted and of these thirty-five (45 per cent) are still living. For the purpose of this review seventeen cases are excluded?eight because they have been admitted too recently and nine, the earliest cases, either because they received quite in...
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CMYK 155 Although there are a large number of publications available in the literature recommending the benefits of a shunt procedure in tuberculous meningitis, the subject deserves a more comprehensive analysis. Hydrocephalus frequently accompanies tuberculous meningitis. Mild to severe hydrocephalus is almost always identified on computer based imaging in cases with tuberculous meningitis and...
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Acute bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening neurological emergency. Its estimated annual incidence is 2–5 per 100 000 people in the Western world and a figure that may be 10 times as high in the less developed countries. Bacterial meningitis is one of top 10 causes of infection-related death worldwide and 30– 50% of its survivors have permanent neurological sequelae. Conditions that predis...
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A 30-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of fever and headache. The patient’s symptoms began abruptly and have worsened steadily over the last day. His wife reports that in the last 6 hours he has become somewhat confused. He has no significant past medical or surgical history. He takes no medications and denies alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. His family hi...
متن کاملMeningitis and encephalitis.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW : Neurologists have a vital role in the recognition of meningitis and encephalitis, the accurate evaluation and interpretation of CSF studies, and the management and prevention of the neurologic complications of CNS infectious diseases. RECENT FINDINGS ;: Although the tetravalent meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine has decreased the incidence of meningococcal meningitis, th...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1919
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)49589-4