Management of Neurologic Diseases
Summary
- HIV infection significantly increases risk of TB, and CNS involvement is more likely in HIV-infected patients with TB than in HIV-uninfected patients[Berenguer 1992]
- Common symptoms of CNS TB infection include fever, headache, vomiting, and altered level of consciousness (meningitis); fever, headache, seizures, focal neurologic deficits, and papilledema (CNS tuberculoma or tuberculous abscess)[Nelson 2011]
- Patients with CNS TB should be assessed for pulmonary TB
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