Meningeal tuberculosis occurs when tuberculosis travels through the bloodstream to the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, called the meninges.

Figure 2. Basal meningeal enhancement in a 15-year-old female with tuberculous meningitis.

To the Editor: In spite of the many advances made in the control of tuberculosis, acute miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis are by no means rare. During the two years 1960 and 1961 a to ...

"Other symptoms include irritability, unconsciousness, stiff neck, seizures, nausea/vomiting and sensitivity to light," says Dr. John Sellick, a professor of medicine in the infectious diseases ...

Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that can cause coughing, fever, night sweats, and more. Here's everything you need to know about the signs.

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was ...

Meningitis is the most severe form of tuberculosis. Damaging inflammation contributes to its poor prognosis. Corticosteroids reduce mortality, but nearly 50% of patients still die or are left ...

The outbreak began when an infant was hospitalized with pulmonary and meningeal TB. DNA sequencing confirmed that the infective strain was resistant to all four of the first-line drugs.

Tuberculous Meningitis in Adults A Review of a Decade of Developments Focusing on Prognostic Factors for Outcome Flavia Brancusi; Jeremy Farrar; Dorothee Heemskerk Disclosures ...

" Tuberculosis is another cause of meningitis, but tuberculous meningitis is rare in the United States," says Dr. Rodrigo Hasbun, an infectious diseases professor at the University of Texas ...