Sporadic tuberculous meningoencephalitis

Authors
Michel, K Albisetti, M Pfyffer, GE Nadal, D
Citation
K. Michel et al., Sporadic tuberculous meningoencephalitis, INFECTION, 27(6), 1999, pp. 370-371
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
INFECTION
ISSN journal
03008126 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
370 - 371
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(199911/12)27:6<370:STM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Tuberculous meningoencephalitis in a 24-month-old boy is reported. He contr acted the infection from his apparently healthy grandfather with unnoticed pulmonary tuberculosis, as suggested by restriction fragment length polymor phism analysis of the isolated pathogen.