title: Tuberculous meningitis with acellular cerebrospinal fluid in AIDS patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical manifestations of tuberculous meningitis in HIV-positive patients with acellular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of case reports.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four HIV-positive patients with acellular CSF and tuberculous meningitis are reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical presentation did not indicate meningeal infection in three of the four cases, and CSF tests were unusual in all cases. Two patients were diagnosed only after death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acellular CSF may obstruct the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in AIDS patients.
authors: Centro Nacional de Investigacion, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Laguna
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Adrados
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ortega
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Gonzalez-Lahoz
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications*