Ischemic Stroke in the Setting of Tuberculous Meningitis |
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| Authors: | Laura Belorgey MD Irfan Lalani MD Asma Zakaria MD |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, One Baylor Plaza, NB 302, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. |
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| Abstract: | The clinical syndrome of tuberculous (TB) meningitis leading to ischemic strokes is rarely seen today in immunocompetent adults native to North America. This entity is also notoriously difficult to diagnose because the presenting symptoms are often nonspecific. The authors describe a case of a man with TB meningitis which progressed to recurrent ischemic cerebral infarcts. |
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| Keywords: | Tuberculous meningitis stroke |
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