[Pathomorphosis of tuberculous meningitis in adults (autopsy materials)].
A hundred and twelve autopsy reports made in adults who died in the past 50 years (1948 to 1998) are analyzed. The analysis revealed a significant pathomorphosis of tuberculosis of the meninges and CNS occurred in the years studied. There was a reversion of severe forms of generalized tuberculosis, a rise in the incidence of tuberculous meningitis and younger age of patients dying from this disease.
Sakhelashvili
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001344:Autopsy; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*