Preferred Name

Tuberculosis, Meningeal [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

TB Meningitis

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003042

altLabel

TB Meningitis

Tubercular Meningitis

Meningitis, Tuberculous

Tuberculosis Meningitis

Tuberculosis, Meningeal

cui

C0041318

MESH DEFINITION

A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION in the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9)

MESH DUI

D014390

MeSH name

Tuberculosis, Meningeal

MESH UI

M0022122

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000003042

NUI

N0000003042

prefLabel

Tuberculosis, Meningeal [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

58437007

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003512

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