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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Autores principales: Ortega-Rosales, Alberto, Delgado-Torres, Nelson, Burneo-Rosales, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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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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Delgado-Torres, Nelson
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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/).
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title_full A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis
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title_short A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis
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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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