%0 Journal Article
%T Variabilidad en las manifestaciones cl¨ªnicas de la meningoencefalitis por tuberculosis
%A Soto
%A Mar¨ªa Cristina
%A Ferrer Ocando
%A Olmedo
%A Ferrer Ocando
%A Yenny
%A Hern¨¢ndez Pern¨ªa
%A Armando
%A Arteaga de Vizca¨ªno
%A Melvis
%A Ferrer Ocando
%A Arelis
%A Gonz¨¢lez
%A Liliam
%J Kasmera
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X with the objective of describing clinical manifestations in patients with meningeal encephalitis due to tuberculosis (tbc), a descriptive, retrospective study was made by reviewing clinical histories of 15 adult patients with a diagnosis of tbc in the sahum neurology service from january 2002 to december 2008. age, sex, clinical manifestations, hospitalization and treatment were analyzed. of the 15 patients, 10 (66.67%) were female, 9 (60.0%) were between 20 and 29 years of age; 53.34% came from the mara and p¨¢ez municipalities. the clinical manifestations were: headache and nape of the neck rigidity, 14 (93.33%); alteration of consciousness, 13 (86.67%); alteration of mental state, 7 (46.66%); convulsions, 8 (53.33%); intracranial hypertension, 5 (33.33%); motor deficit, 3 (20.00%); alteration of cranial pairs, 2 (13.33%) as a false locator sign and diplopia, 2 (13.33%). cytochemical study of the cerebrospinal fluid revealed hypoglycorrhachia in 100.00% of the patients. ziehl neelsen coloration was positive in 1 (6.67%). six patients (40.00%) had had the disease for more than 1 month. conclusions were that the clinical manifestations of meningeal encephalitis due to tbc are diverse, with the meningeal syndrome as the most frequent.
%K meningeal encephalitis
%K tuberculosis
%K meningeal syndrome
%K cerebrospinal fluid.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0075-52222010000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en