TY - JOUR
T1 - CNS tuberculosis: a review and illustration from an autopsy case
AU - Vlachodimitropoulos, D.
AU - Goutas, N.
AU - Fotis, Theofanis
AU - Mitsos, Aristotelis P.
AU - Kapritsou, Maria
AU - Kiekkas, Panagiotis
AU - Konstantinou, Evangelos
PY - 2013/1/25
Y1 - 2013/1/25
N2 - An estimated one-third of the world’s population (2 billion people) is infected with the tubercle bacilli (TB), which is estimated to cause 6% of all deaths worldwide. Despite there being a decline in the incidence of tuberculosis seen in Europe, there are still some countries in the rest of the world where the estimated number of new cases is very high. When a person presents with persistent fever with or without neurological symptoms, the diagnosis of TB cannot be excluded. We present a case report of a 26-year-old male patient, who died of CNS tuberculosis. Such case studies will help keep neuroscience nurses alert to potential medical issues in multiethnic patient populations.
AB - An estimated one-third of the world’s population (2 billion people) is infected with the tubercle bacilli (TB), which is estimated to cause 6% of all deaths worldwide. Despite there being a decline in the incidence of tuberculosis seen in Europe, there are still some countries in the rest of the world where the estimated number of new cases is very high. When a person presents with persistent fever with or without neurological symptoms, the diagnosis of TB cannot be excluded. We present a case report of a 26-year-old male patient, who died of CNS tuberculosis. Such case studies will help keep neuroscience nurses alert to potential medical issues in multiethnic patient populations.
M3 - Article
SN - 1913-7176
VL - 34
SP - 18
EP - 21
JO - Canadian Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
JF - Canadian Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
IS - 3
ER -