Infection of the central nervous system by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (the new neurotuberculosis)

Authors
Sanchez-Portocarrero, J Perez-Cecilia, E Romero-Vivas, J
Citation
J. Sanchez-portocarrero et al., Infection of the central nervous system by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (the new neurotuberculosis), INFECTION, 27(6), 1999, pp. 313-317
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
INFECTION
ISSN journal
03008126 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
313 - 317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(199911/12)27:6<313:IOTCNS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Neurologic complications of HIV infection are numerous. This review focuses on the clinical presentation, diagnostic particularities and therapeutic i ssues of neurotuberculosis, The pertinent literature describing this import ant infection is succinctly summarized with a particular emphasis on the di scussion of differences in clinical presentation between HIV-infected and - uninfected patients.