Tuberculous meningitis

Introduction: Tuberculous meningitis

Description of Tuberculous meningitis

Tuberculous meningitis (medical condition): Tuberculous meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord caused by Koch's bacillus.

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Tuberculous meningitis: inflammation of the cerebral leptomeninges marked by the presence of granulomatous inflammation; it is usually confined to the base of the brain (basilar meningitis, internal hydrocephalus) and is accompanied in children by an accumulation of spinal fluid in the ventricles (acute hydrocephalus). SYN: cerebral tuberculosis (1).
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Tuberculous meningitis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Tuberculous meningitis:

• Tuberculous
• Meningitis (154 causes)

Tuberculous meningitis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tuberculous meningitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Tuberculous meningitis, or a subtype of Tuberculous meningitis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Tuberculous meningitis as a Disease

Tuberculous meningitis (medical condition): See Tuberculous meningitis (disease information).
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  »Symptoms of Tuberculous meningitis
  »Causes of Tuberculous meningitis
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• Information about Tuberculous meningitis
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• Causes of Tuberculous meningitis
• Symptoms of Tuberculous meningitis
• Complications of Tuberculous meningitis
• Treatments for Tuberculous meningitis

Tuberculous meningitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Tuberculous meningitis:

• inflammation of the leptomeninges
• inflammation of the underlying subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid
• bacterial meningitis
• meningococcal meningitis
• pneumococcal meningitis
• Neisseria meningitidis
• N meningitidis
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• S pneumoniae
• Listeria monocytogenes
• L monocytogenes
• group B streptococci
• Haemophilus influenzae

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Terms Similar to Tuberculous meningitis:

• TB meningitis
• Tubercular meningitis

Source - NIH

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