Tuberculous Meningitis Associated with Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening acute complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Infections are the leading cause of DKA, but trauma, myocardial infarction, or surgery may also precipitate this condition. In patients with DKA, although cerebral edema is the most common cause of neur...

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Autores principales: Nalbantoğlu Elmas, Özlem, Akıncı, Ayşehan, Bilir, Pelin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2011
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22155468
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.373
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Sumario:Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening acute complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Infections are the leading cause of DKA, but trauma, myocardial infarction, or surgery may also precipitate this condition. In patients with DKA, although cerebral edema is the most common cause of neurological symptoms, other possibilities such as meningitis or encephalitis should also be considered. Herein, we present the case of an 8-year-old girl with DKA and tuberculous meningitis. Conflict of interest:None declared.

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