Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease

The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients. We report a severe manifestation of the so called paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis that unmasked previously silent meningeal disease in a 34-year-old HIV-infected male patient.

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Autores principales: Eyer-Silva,Walter A., Pinto,Jorge Francisco C., Árabe,Juçara, Morais-de-Sá,Carlos Alberto
Formato: Digital revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2002
Acceso en línea:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000100011
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