Central nervous system tuberculosis.

Rare Association of Severe Cryptococcal and Tuberculosis in Central Nervous System in a case of Sarcoidosis

  Sarcoidosis is a multisystem noncaseating granulomatous disease with a propensity for lung, eye, and skin which recently have been proposed that mycobacterium tuberculosis may contribute in its pathogenesis, and rarely involves central nervous system (CNS). Despite CD4+ lymphocytopenia, sarcoidosis by itself does not increase risk of opportunistic infections other than cryptococcosis.Nonethel...

Complete ablation of tumor necrosis factor decreases the production of IgA, IgG, and IgM in experimental central nervous system tuberculosis

Objective(s): This study aimed to explore the contribution of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in the recruitment of B-cell and secretion of immunoglobulins (Igs) during cerebral tuberculosis (TB).Materials and Methods: In this work, the contributing role of TNF in regulating Ig secretions was investigated by comparing wild type TNF (TNFf/f),...

Central Nervous System Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a formidable disease worldwide because of its highly infectious nature and propensity for latency. The increasing prevalence of tuberculosis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals in recent years makes this disease a topic of universal concern. The disease has insidious onset and can affect virtually any organ system in the body, including the central nervous ...

Central nervous system tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients: clinical and radiographic findings.

PURPOSE To characterize the radiographic findings on neuroimaging of 25 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive patients with proved central nervous system tuberculosis and to correlate those findings with clinical data. METHODS Twenty-five HIV-seropositive patients with central nervous system tuberculosis were identified, and their imaging studies (CT and, in some cases, MR) and medi...

Correction: A scoring system to effectively evaluate central nervous system tuberculosis in patients with miliary tuberculosis

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176651.].

The many faces of central nervous system tuberculosis.