Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease

The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. We report a severe manifestation of the so called paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis that unmasked prev...

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Main Authors: Walter A. Eyer-Silva, Jorge Francisco C. Pinto, Juçara Árabe, Carlos Alberto Morais-de-Sá
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002
Subjects:
AIDS
Antiretroviral therapy
Paradoxical reaction
Tuberculosis
Tuberculous meningitis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/09a222721b9b4464b2020efd84862dce
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Summary:The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. We report a severe manifestation of the so called paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis that unmasked previously silent meningeal disease in a 34-year-old HIV-infected male patient.

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