Deciphering Genetic Susceptibility to Tuberculous Meningitis

Deciphering Genetic Susceptibility to Tuberculous Meningitis

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) that arises when a caseating meningeal granuloma discharges its contents into the subarachnoid space. It accounts for ~1% of all disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the age of peak incidence is from...

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Main Authors: Haiko Schurz, Brigitte Glanzmann, Nicholas Bowker, Ronald van Toorn, Regan Solomons, Johan Schoeman, Paul D. van Helden, Craig J. Kinnear, Eileen G. Hoal, Marlo Möller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
tuberculous meningitis
pulmonary tuberculosis
exome sequencing
microarray
genome-wide association study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.820168/full

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