A Case of Tuberculous Meningitis with Tuberculoma in Nonimmunocompromised Immigrant

Parth Rali; Hammad Arshad; Eric Bihler

doi:10.1155/2016/9016142

Case Reports in Pulmonology (Jan 2016)

A Case of Tuberculous Meningitis with Tuberculoma in Nonimmunocompromised Immigrant

Parth Rali,
Hammad Arshad,
Eric Bihler

Affiliations

Parth Rali: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 E. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Hammad Arshad: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 E. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Eric Bihler: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny General Hospital, 320 E. North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9016142
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2016

Abstract

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We present a case of tuberculous (TB) meningitis in nonimmunocompromised immigrant worker who initially presented with headache and later with generalized tonic clonic seizures and disseminated tuberculosis.

Published in Case Reports in Pulmonology

ISSN: 2090-6846 (Print); 2090-6854 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9796

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