Late onset hydrocephalus in children with tuberculous meningitis
| العنوان: | Late onset hydrocephalus in children with tuberculous meningitis |
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| المؤلفون: | Disha Sharma, Sharad Patel, Ira Shah |
| المصدر: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 873-874 (2016) |
| بيانات النشر: | Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Tuberculosis, lcsh:Medicine, Neurological examination, Late onset, Case Report, Tuberculous meningitis, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, tuberculous meningitis in children, medicine, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Hydrocephalus 1 year after anti-Koch's treatment, lcsh:R, medicine.disease, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, late onset hydrocephalus, Surgery, Hydrocephalus, Shunt (medical), nervous system diseases, hydrocephalus in pediatric tuberculous meningitis patients, business, Acetazolamide, Complication, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, medicine.drug |
| الوصف: | Hydrocephalus is a known complication of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). It is almost always present in patients who have had the disease for four to six weeks. However, hydrocephalus can also develop later in the disease course as seen in our 3 patients. All 3 patients had multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) and developed hydrocephalus after variable time after starting second line anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT). A 7 years old girl had hydrocephalus at onset of TBM and was shunted but the hydrocephalus increased in size after 6 months of being on second line ATT in spite of a patent ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt. Hydrocephalus responded to oral acetazolamide. Other 2 patients, a 2 years old girl and 3½ years old boy developed hydrocephalus after being on treatment for 14 months. Both required insertion of VP shunt. Thus, in patients with MDR-TB, hydrocephalus may develop as late onset phenomenon and a neurological examination would be essential in each visit to the hospital. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2278-7135 2249-4863 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::865c53d082f4bc1f0be1ed3ea410f709Test http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5353834Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....865c53d082f4bc1f0be1ed3ea410f709 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 22787135 22494863 |
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