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Tuberculous Meningitis and Central Nervous System Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis can affect almost any organ system in the body. It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis and is characterized histologically by granuloma formation. Tuberculosis remains a major health problem and affects half the world’s population, with an estimated 10 million new cases per year. In industrialized countries, tuberculosis occurs mainly among the poor, such as in drug addicts and in immigrants from developing countries. Although there was a steady decrease in the incidence of tuberculosis over the past century, the number of reported cases has dramatically increased in the past decade, most likely because of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The incidence of multiple-drug-resistant M. tuberculosis infection is also increasing.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Werner Hacke M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wall Street, 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Daniel F. Hanley M.D. (Associate Professor, Director Neuroscience Critical) (Associate Professor, Director Neuroscience Critical)

  3. Department of Neurology, Humboldt University Berlin, Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Karl M. Einhäupl M.D. (Professor and Chairman, Charité) (Professor and Chairman, Charité)

  4. Department of Neurology, Medical Center, University of Virginia, Box 394, 22908, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Thomas P. Bleck M.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  5. Department of Neurology, Washington University, Medical Center, 660 South Euclid Avenue, P.O. Box 8111, 63110, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Michael N. Diringer M.D. (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  6. Department of Neurology, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 32 Fruit Street, 02114, Boston, MA, USA

    Allan H. Ropper M.D. (Professor of Neurology) (Professor of Neurology)

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Schmutzhard, E., Roelcke, U., Bleck, T.P. (1994). Tuberculous Meningitis and Central Nervous System Tuberculosis. In: Hacke, W., Hanley, D.F., Einhäupl, K.M., Bleck, T.P., Diringer, M.N., Ropper, A.H. (eds) Neurocritical Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87602-8_37

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