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Tuberculoma of the brain: a series of 16 cases treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs.

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OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical presentation, radiological findings and outcome of treatment with antituberculosis drugs in 16 cases of intracranial tuberculoma. METHODS Consecutive cases admitted with tuberculoma to the National Center for Neurological Diseases in Khartoum, Sudan, were included

[A case of tuberculous meningitis complicated with multiple drug hypersensitivity to antituberculosis agents].

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Multiple drug hypersensitivity (MDH) is an allergy to two or more chemically unrelated drugs. We present a case of MDH caused by antituberculosis agents during the treatment of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). A 64-year-old man without a history of drug allergy developed fever and severe headache.

Your diagnosis? A 12-year-old girl with latent tuberculosis presenting with nausea, vomiting and increasing frontal headache.

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A 12-year-old girl with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and currently receiving prophylaxis with isoniazid presented with nausea, vomiting and increasing frontal headache. Toxicity to the anti-tuberculosis drug was suspected, but her symptoms persisted after isoniazid withdrawal. A

Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis with Cerebellar Tuberculous Abscess: A Rare Case of Chronic Headache with Vision Loss.

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Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare form of brain stroke which is often misdiagnosed. We present a case of CVST due to cerebellar tuberculous abscess. A 41-year female patient was admitted with chronic occipital headache, diminished vision, and fever. The initial brain CT scan was

[Two cases of cranial pachymeningitis presenting only severe continuous headache or convulsion].

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In cranial pachymeningitis, headache, cranial nerve palsies, and ataxia were the most common clinical manifestations. We reported two rare cases presenting only headache or convulsion as a main symptom. A 66-year-old man was suffering from severe continuous headache for years with no other clinical

Clinical features and treatment of drug fever caused by anti-tuberculosis drugs.

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OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis is a major global health problem. However, anti-tuberculosis drug treatment has many adverse effects, such as drug-caused fever. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features and treatments of anti-tuberculosis drugs-induced fever. METHODS A total of 78

Isoniazid-resistant intracranial tuberculoma treated with a combination of moxifloxacin and first-line anti-tuberculosis medication.

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We report a case of a previously healthy 23-year-old Somalian care assistant. She presented with a 4 month history of persistent occipital headaches associated with intermittent nausea and vomiting. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a large enhancing lesion in

Reasons for Discontinuation of Implanon among Users in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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Early discontinuation of implanon, a long-acting, reversible contraceptive among reproductive age women in South Africa is a serious public health concern. The aim of this study was to examine the reasons for discontinuation of implanon among its previous users. This descriptive cross-sectional

Bedaquiline: a novel antitubercular agent for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

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Bedaquiline is a diarylquinoline antitubercular drug with a novel mechanism of action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bedaquiline works by inhibiting bacterial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase and represents the first novel class of antituberculosis agents in more than 40 years. Bedaquiline

[A case of refractory tuberculous meningitis markedly improved by intrathecal administration of isoniazid (INH)].

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We report a case of refractory tuberculous meningitis which was markedly improved by intrathecal administration of isoniazid (INH). The patient was a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at age 25, who was being managed with steroid therapy. She was admitted to another

Temporal Lobe Encephalitis Need not Always be Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Think of Tuberculosis.

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Historically, temporal lobe encephalitis is considered as a pathognomonic feature of Herpes simplex encephalitis. This rule may not always be true and we believe that clinicians should keep their differential open. We here report once such. Case of a 36-year-old Indian male who developed altered

A case of isoniazid-resistant miliary tuberculosis in which tuberculous meningitis paradoxically developed despite systemic improvement.

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A 63-year-old man with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia was admitted to our hospital with miliary tuberculosis. He received anti-tuberculosis drugs: isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RFP), ethambutol (EB), and pyrazinamide (PZA). His condition clearly and immediately improved after the therapy, but he

Tuberculous Meningitis during Chemotherapy for Advanced Gastric Cancer.

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UNASSIGNED Tuberculous meningitis is rare but one of the most severe forms of tuberculosis infection. UNASSIGNED A 78-year-old woman was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer with multiple lymph node metastases. Four months after the beginning of second-line chemotherapy with weekly paclitaxel, she

Development tuberculous meningitis during chemotherapy for CD5-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

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The patient was a 62-year-old woman with CD5(+) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Treatment with the R-CHOP regimen (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone) was started. On the eleventh day of the third cycle, headache and low grade fever developed. Her consciousness

Pearls and oy-sters: tuberculous meningitis: not a diagnosis of exclusion.

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A 21-year-old man presented to his local emergency department with 5 days of headache, which was dull, occipital, bilateral, nonthrobbing, and progressively worsening. It was associated with mild fever, photophobia, and neck pain and stiffness. He had no history of headache, chronic illness, recent

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