A case of tuberculous meningoencephalitis in a patient with Behçet's disease

Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Feb;25(1):121-2. doi: 10.1007/s10067-005-1135-4. Epub 2005 May 18.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Behcet Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Behcet Syndrome / pathology
  • Colchicine / therapeutic use
  • Cyclosporine / therapeutic use
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Meningoencephalitis / complications*
  • Meningoencephalitis / drug therapy
  • Meningoencephalitis / pathology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Opportunistic Infections*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / pathology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Cyclosporine
  • Prednisolone
  • Colchicine