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| العنوان: |
New Times for an Old Disease: Intracranial Mass Lesions Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 5 HIV-Negative African Immigrants. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ripamonti, Diego, Barbò, Regina, Rizzi, Marco, Finazzi, Maria Grazia, Ravasio, Laura, Bonaldi, Giuseppe, Suter, Fredy |
| المصدر: |
Clinical Infectious Diseases; 9/1/2004, Vol. 39 Issue 5, pe35-e45, 1p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
INTRACRANIAL tumors, MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, TUBERCULIN, HIV, IMMIGRANTS, CEREBROSPINAL fluid |
| مستخلص: |
Background. The tuberculosis epidemic is still a global emergency, and its spread in the past 20 years has been fueled by the acquired immune deficiency syndrome pandemic and increasing drug resistance. International travel and migration may increase the incidence of tuberculosis in industrialized countries. Methods. We reviewed the clinical charts of patients admitted to the infectious diseases unit of Ospedali Riuniti (Bergamo, Italy) to identify patients with intracranial mass lesions caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Results. During the past 6.5 years, 5 of 30 patients with a mass of infectious origin in the brain had tuberculous brain lesions diagnosed. All 5 were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative adults and African immigrants. No patient had concomitant meningitis, 1 had a concomitant pulmonary disease, and 3 subjects reported a past history of tuberculosis. At presentation, no patient had fever and 3 had seizures. Examination of cerebrospinal fluid revealed normal findings for 4 of 4 subjects, and neuroimaging showed multiple intracranial mass lesions in 4 of 5 patients. The diagnosis was definite for 2 subjects (based on analysis of brain specimens) and presumptive for 3 subjects (1 had concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis, and 2 had clinical response to therapy). Results of susceptibility tests for M tuberculosis were available for 2 patients: both isolates were resistant to isoniazid, and 1 was also resistant to streptomycin. Duration of medical treatment ranged from 11 to 23 months, and 2 subjects underwent surgical procedures at the time of diagnosis. All 5 patients recovered. Conclusions. Clinicians in western countries should consider the possible role of tuberculosis in causing mass lesions in the brain, particularly in immigrants from regions where tuberculosis is endemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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