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)

Descriptor ID	D014390
MeSH Number(s)	C01.252.200.500.800 C01.252.410.040.552.846.570.600 C10.228.228.180.500.937 C10.228.228.180.850.800 C10.228.228.507.280.915
Concept/Terms	Tuberculosis, Meningeal Tuberculosis, Meningeal Meningeal Tuberculoses Meningeal Tuberculosis Tuberculoses, Meningeal Tubercular Meningitis Meningitides, Tubercular Meningitis, Tubercular Tubercular Meningitides TB Meningitis TB Meningitides Meningitis, Tuberculous Meningitides, Tuberculous Tuberculous Meningitides Tuberculous Meningitis Tuberculosis Meningitis Meningitides, Tuberculosis Meningitis, Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Meningitides Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous Pachymeningitides, Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis, Tuberculous Hypertrophic Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitides

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