Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3382509 Pediatric Infectious Disease 2012 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Central nervous system infections in children result from the hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from primary pulmonary infection and the formation of small subpial and subependymal foci in the brain and spinal cord, causing meningitis or tuberculoma. The general principles of diagnostic and therapeutic approach to these tubercular infections are discussed in this article.

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