title: Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Intensive Care Unit and Medical Emergency, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Megarbane
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lebrun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marchal
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Axler
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Brivet
mesh_terms: 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