Glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy and tuberculous meningoencephalitis occurring in a patient with Legionella pneumonia: a case report

Glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy and tuberculous meningoencephalitis occurring in a patient with Legionella pneumonia: a case report

Abstract Background Autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) astrocytopathy is a recently identified recurrent meningoencephalomyelitis with GFAP immunoglobulin G presence in the serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a specific biomarker. GFAP astrocytopathy is closely associated with the o...

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Main Authors: Ke Li, Jingwei Wu, Junwu Chen, Yong You
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
Tuberculous
Meningoencephalitis
Legionella
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03113-w

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