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Tuberculosis
Studies from K. Sil et al in the area of tuberculosis described
September 17th, 2008
" In a developing country like India, tuberculosis is very common in spite of a mass vaccination programme. Meningitis, progressive arteritis, adhesive arachnoiditis and tuberculomas represent the wide spectrum of this potentially lethal disease," investigators in Calcutta, India report. "Hydrocephalus occurs in about one third of the patients with central nervous system tuberculosis. Majority of patients have large fourth ventricles with adhesive obstructions in the basal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cisterns. Aggressive CSF diversion does not always alter the course of the disease. Endoscopic procedures are rarely, if ever, successful. Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting is...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-09-17)
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