Atypical cerebrospinal fluid profile in tuberculous meningitis. 2009

Vitor Laerte Pinto, and Marco Antonio Lima, and Valéria Cavalcanti Rolla, and Maria Cristina Rebelo, and Marcio Neves Bóia
Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. vitor.laerte@ipec.fiocruz.br

The aim of this study was to describe atypical cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) alterations in tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and to analyse the differences in outcome between patients with typical and atypical profiles. We did a retrospective study during the period of 2000 to 2005 including the cases of TBM assisted in a referral centre for infectious diseases in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Neutrophilic plecytosis at the first spinal tap was found in 32.4% of TBM patients, who had a worse outcome when compared with those patients with typical CSF profiles. One factor that might have a major impact was the delay in starting empirical treatment (27.5 versus 11.6 days). We conclude that, in cases with clinical and epidemiological data compatible with TBM but with an atypical CSF profile, empirical treatment should be considered if CSF culture and direct examination for bacteria are negative.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009169 Mycobacterium tuberculosis A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
D001938 Brazil A country located on the eastern coast of South America, located between Colombia and Peru, that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, on the south by Uruguay, and on the west by Argentina. The capital is Brasilia.
D002555 Cerebrospinal Fluid A watery fluid that is continuously produced in the CHOROID PLEXUS and circulates around the surface of the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and in the CEREBRAL VENTRICLES. Cerebro Spinal Fluid,Cerebro Spinal Fluids,Cerebrospinal Fluids,Fluid, Cerebro Spinal,Fluid, Cerebrospinal,Fluids, Cerebro Spinal,Fluids, Cerebrospinal,Spinal Fluid, Cerebro,Spinal Fluids, Cerebro
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014390 Tuberculosis, Meningeal A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION in the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9) Meningitis, Tuberculous,TB Meningitis,Tubercular Meningitis,Tuberculosis Meningitis,Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis,Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous,Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous,Meningeal Tuberculoses,Meningeal Tuberculosis,Meningitides, Tubercular,Meningitides, Tuberculosis,Meningitides, Tuberculous,Meningitis, Tubercular,Meningitis, Tuberculosis,Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous Hypertrophic,Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous Hypertrophic,TB Meningitides,Tubercular Meningitides,Tuberculoses, Meningeal,Tuberculosis Meningitides,Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides,Tuberculous Meningitides,Tuberculous Meningitis

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