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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report.
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- Challenges in conducting trials for pediatric tuberculous meningitis: lessons from the field.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2019Trial
- Infliximab in a Child With Relapsing Tuberculous Meningoencephalitis: A Case Report and Literature Review.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2026Review
- A teenage girl with altered mental status and paraparesis.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
- Successful rescue TNF-α blocking forHeliyon · 2024Article
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- Thalidomide and Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors as Host Directed Therapeutics for Tuberculous Meningitis: Insights From the Rabbit Model.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
rationaleTuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. PATIENT CONCERN: We describe a case of an Italian child. DIAGNOSES:: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and paradoxical reaction with brain pseudo-abscesses.
interventionsThe child started readily a specific therapy associated with steroids and thalidomide was introduced few month later. OUTCOMES: the patient had a favorable outcome without neurologic sequelae. LESSONS: Despite the prompt specific anti-tubercular and adjuvant corticosteroid therapies, only the addition of thalidomide to the treatment allow to a favorable clinical outcome.
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