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Central nervous system tuberculosis in children: 1. Clinical and laboratorial presentation

Gusmão Filho, F A ; Marques, H H ; Marques-Dias, M J ; Ramos, S R

Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2001-03, Vol.59 (1), p.71-76 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Central nervous system tuberculosis in children: 1. Clinical and laboratorial presentation
Autor: Gusmão Filho, F A ; Marques, H H ; Marques-Dias, M J ; Ramos, S R
Assuntos: Adolescent ; Brazil - epidemiology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System - diagnosis ; Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System - epidemiology ; Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System - microbiology
É parte de: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2001-03, Vol.59 (1), p.71-76
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Descrição: Tuberculosis still occupies a remarkable place as a worldwide health problem, chiefly in emerging countries, like Brazil. The central nervous system (CNS) involvement by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most feared features of disease, because of its high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to describe some epidemiological, clinical and laboratorial aspects of 52 children in a tertiary pediatric hospital with CNS tuberculosis. At diagnosis, the majority of patients showed low age, compromised nutritional status, previous contact with bacillary individuals, delayed or absent immunization, advanced neurological signs and compatible abnormalities in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and in radiological findings. The etiologic agent was identified by staining methods or CSF and other fluids culturing in 40% of patients. In most cases, despite of suggestive clinical, epidemiological and laboratorial picture and feasibility of patients access to health care centres, therapy was started late.
Editor: Brazil
Idioma: Francês;Inglês

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Central nervous system tuberculosis in children: 1. Clinical and laboratorial presentation

Gusmão Filho, F A ; Marques, H H ; Marques-Dias, M J ; Ramos, S R

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