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Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures
Seizures in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients can be caused by a wide variety of opportunistic infections, and, especially in developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) should be high on the differential. In India, TB is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV and it can have several d...
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587082 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.7.27758 |
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author | Salway, R. James Sangani, Shruti Parekh, Samira Bhatt, Sanjay |
author_facet | Salway, R. James Sangani, Shruti Parekh, Samira Bhatt, Sanjay |
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description | Seizures in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients can be caused by a wide variety of opportunistic infections, and, especially in developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) should be high on the differential. In India, TB is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV and it can have several different central nervous system manifestations, including intracranial tuberculomas. In this case, an HIV patient presenting with new-onset seizure and fever was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis and multiple intracranial tuberculomas. The patient received standard TB medications, steroids, and anticonvulsants in the emergency department and was admitted for further care. |
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spelling | pubmed-46440262015-11-19 Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures Salway, R. James Sangani, Shruti Parekh, Samira Bhatt, Sanjay West J Emerg Med Endemic Infections Seizures in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients can be caused by a wide variety of opportunistic infections, and, especially in developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) should be high on the differential. In India, TB is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV and it can have several different central nervous system manifestations, including intracranial tuberculomas. In this case, an HIV patient presenting with new-onset seizure and fever was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis and multiple intracranial tuberculomas. The patient received standard TB medications, steroids, and anticonvulsants in the emergency department and was admitted for further care. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2015-09 2015-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4644026/ /pubmed/26587082 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.7.27758 Text en Copyright © 2015 Salway et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Endemic Infections Salway, R. James Sangani, Shruti Parekh, Samira Bhatt, Sanjay Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures |
title | Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures |
title_full | Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures |
title_fullStr | Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures |
title_short | Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures |
title_sort | tuberculoma-induced seizures |
topic | Endemic Infections |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587082 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.7.27758 |
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