Tuberculous meningitis

B. R. Meyers

doi:10.1016/S0025-7125(16)31420-1

Tuberculous meningitis

B. R. Meyers

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Abstract

Tuberculous meningitis refers to the numerous manifestations that follow infection of the meningeal membranes with the tubercle bacillus. In the vast majority of patients, Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent, though in developing nations bovine strains have been implicated. Guidelines for diagnosis and therapy are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	755-762
Number of pages	8
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	66
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-7125(16)31420-1
State	Published - 1982

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