A case report about a child with drug-resistant tuberculous meningitis

Abstract Background Hematogenous disseminated tuberculosis predisposes to concurrent tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most devastating and disabling form of tuberculosis. However, children often have atypical clinical symptoms, difficulty in specimen collection, low specimen content, and an increas...

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Main Authors: Jing Tong, Mengqiu Gao, Yu Chen, Jie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-07990-x