Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient.
A non-HIV-infected 63-y-old woman presented seizures and coma during the course of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Computerized tomography scan led to the diagnosis of a large compressive brain abscess. The patient died with multiorgan failure. Systematic central nervous system investigations should be done in cases of disseminated tuberculosis.
Megarbane
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Department of Medical Intensive Care Unit and Medical Emergency, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France.
Lebrun
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Marchal
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Axler
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Brivet
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D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020306:Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology