2017
DOI: 10.21315/mjms2017.24.5.14
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Rare Clinical Presentation of Tuberculous Meningitis: A Case Report

Abstract: Conclusion: This is a rare clinical manifestation of Tuberculous meningitis that demonstrates the importance of recognising and initiating the treatment early to reduce disabilities and improve clinical outcome.

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“…The seizures can be either acute symptomatic or unprovoked seizures. The cause of these seizures is mainly the inflammation of the brain, nerve damage, and activation of glial cells (13,14). This patient also showed a subacute infarction in the temporal lobe, probably due to vasculitis and appropriated with the semiology of the patient's focal to bilateral motor onset tonic clonic seizures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…The seizures can be either acute symptomatic or unprovoked seizures. The cause of these seizures is mainly the inflammation of the brain, nerve damage, and activation of glial cells (13,14). This patient also showed a subacute infarction in the temporal lobe, probably due to vasculitis and appropriated with the semiology of the patient's focal to bilateral motor onset tonic clonic seizures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…CSF should be acquired as soon as possible for analysis. (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16) The most commonly found infectious pathogens are commensal organisms of the external auditory canal and nasopharynx in patients diagnosed with post-neurosurgical meningitis however the likelihood of nosocomial infection is recommended not to be overlooked. Aspiration of stomach contents is prevalent in individuals who have had a head injury, and it is typically worsened by bacterial super-infection.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, this patients CSF finding did not match the typical findings but there were increased levels of neutrophil count (81.4) and MRI whole spine showed suggestive of TB meningitis. 14,15 The patient was treated with ceftriaxone intravenously Q12 hourly, in addition injection Thiamine and Neurobion forte was given as Vitamin supplement.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%