title: Tuberculous meningitis with hydrocephalus. Contribution of PCR assay of CSF before VP shunting.
abstract: A 10-month-old infant with tuberculous (Tb) meningitis accompanying hydrocephalus was successfully treated with a VP shunt operation soon after a PCR assay of CSF was found to be negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PCR assay of CSF is helpful for determination of the timing for VP shunting in Tb meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt