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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Tuberculous meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
See also:
Meningitis Meningitis - cryptococcal Meningitis - Gram-negative Meningitis - H. influenzae Meningitis - meningococcal Meningitis - pneumococcal Meningitis - staphylococcal
Alternative Names
Tubercular meningitis; TB meningitis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Tuberculous meningitis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. The bacteria spread to the brain from another site in the body.
Risk factors include a history of:
AIDS - Excessive
alcohol use Pulmonary tuberculosis - Weakened immune system
Tuberculous meningitis is a very rare disorder in the U.S.
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Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and
Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious
Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
