Tuberculous meningitis

RJ Wilkinson, U Rohlwink, UK Misra… - Nature reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Tuberculosis remains a global health problem, with an estimated 10.4 million cases and 1.8
million deaths resulting from the disease in 2015. The most lethal and disabling form of …

Global morbidity and mortality of central nervous system tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Navarro-Flores, JE Fernandez-Chinguel… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common cause of death due to a single
infectious agent worldwide after COVID-19. Up to 15% of the cases are extrapulmonary, and …

Adjunctive dexamethasone for tuberculous meningitis in HIV-positive adults

J Donovan, ND Bang, D Imran… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Adjunctive glucocorticoids are widely used to treat human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)–associated tuberculous meningitis despite limited data supporting their safety …

Tuberculous meningitis: progress and remaining questions

J Huynh, J Donovan, NH Phu, HDT Nghia… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Tuberculous meningitis is a devastating brain infection that is caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and is notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat. New technologies …

Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection

J Bruchfeld, M Correia-Neves… - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) constitute the main burden of infectious disease in resource-limited …

Tuberculous meningitis: more questions, still too few answers

GE Thwaites, R van Toorn, J Schoeman - The Lancet Neurology, 2013 - thelancet.com
Tuberculous meningitis is especially common in young children and people with untreated
HIV infection, and it kills or disables roughly half of everyone affected. Childhood disease …

The pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis

AG Davis, UK Rohlwink, A Proust… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death globally. Dissemination of TB to the
brain results in the most severe form of extrapulmonary TB, tuberculous meningitis (TBM) …

Prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents: Updated Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

H Masur, JT Brooks, CA Benson… - Clinical infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The CDC/NIH/HIVMA Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in
HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents have been revised. Major areas of revision include …

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-infected patients

NF Walker, J Scriven, G Meintjes… - HIV/AIDS-Research and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is improving worldwide. Immune reconstitution
inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a common complication of ART initiation. In this review, we …

HIV and co‐infections

CC Chang, M Crane, JL Zhou, M Mina… - Immunological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite significant reductions in morbidity and mortality secondary to availability of effective
combination anti‐retroviral therapy (cART), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection …