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A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by relatively acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very rare cause of transverse myelitis. We present a patient with tuberculosis presenting with meningitis and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31193733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00564 |
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author | Ortega-Rosales, Alberto Delgado-Torres, Nelson Burneo-Rosales, Carlos |
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description | Acute transverse myelitis is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by relatively acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very rare cause of transverse myelitis. We present a patient with tuberculosis presenting with meningitis and transverse myelitis who had marked clinical improvement and neurologic recovery after treatment of tuberculosis and intravenous steroid pulses. |
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spelling | pubmed-65389552019-06-03 A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis Ortega-Rosales, Alberto Delgado-Torres, Nelson Burneo-Rosales, Carlos IDCases Article Acute transverse myelitis is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by relatively acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very rare cause of transverse myelitis. We present a patient with tuberculosis presenting with meningitis and transverse myelitis who had marked clinical improvement and neurologic recovery after treatment of tuberculosis and intravenous steroid pulses. Elsevier 2019-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6538955/ /pubmed/31193733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00564 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ortega-Rosales, Alberto Delgado-Torres, Nelson Burneo-Rosales, Carlos A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis |
title | A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis |
title_full | A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis |
title_fullStr | A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis |
title_short | A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis |
title_sort | rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: transverse myelitis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31193733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00564 |
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