Selinger Jason, Baage Thar El
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC, USA.
Case Rep Infect Dis. 2017;2017:4753670. doi: 10.1155/2017/4753670. Epub 2017 Sep 26.
Meningeal tuberculosis is rare in the developed world, with only 92 cases of meningeal TB reported in the United States in 2014 according to the CDC (CDC, 2015). We describe the case of a 39-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse, whose cerebral spinal fluid acid fast smears confirmed TB only weeks after his death. His only initial presenting symptom was headache, and his condition declined rapidly during his hospitalization.
在发达国家,结核性脑膜炎较为罕见。根据美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)的数据,2014年美国仅报告了92例结核性脑膜炎病例(CDC,2015)。我们描述了一例有酗酒史的39岁男性病例,其脑脊液抗酸涂片仅在他死后数周才确诊为结核病。他最初唯一的症状是头痛,住院期间病情迅速恶化。