Tuberculosis of Central Nervous System
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چکیده
Meningitis is the most serious manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Being a paucibacillary disease, no single diagnostic test is sensitive and specific. Despite recent advances in diagnostic methods and readily available effective chemotherapy, more than 50% of the patients either die or are left with major neurological deficits due to delay in the diagnosis. HIV coinfection is associated with higher complications and case fatality rates. The only way to reduce the mortality and morbidity is early diagnosis and initiation of chemotherapy and steroids.
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