Fukushima Shinnosuke, Ocho Kazuki, Fujita Koji, Hagiya Hideharu, Otsuka Fumio
Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.
Department of General Medicine and Infectious Diseases Tsuyama Chuo Hospital Tsuyama Japan.
Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jan 16;11(1):e6865. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6865. eCollection 2023 Jan.
Tuberculous meningitis is possibly complicated with multiple cerebral infarctions and basal meningitis, and the mortality and neurological prognosis is reportedly poor. This case suggested that clinicians should consider tuberculous meningitis as a differential diagnosis of patients with disturbed consciousness in an aging country Japan.
结核性脑膜炎可能并发多发性脑梗死和基底脑膜炎,据报道其死亡率和神经学预后较差。该病例提示,在老龄化国家日本,临床医生应将结核性脑膜炎作为意识障碍患者的鉴别诊断之一。