title: [Tuberculous meningoencephalitis: a case report].
abstract: A case of tuberculous meningoencephalitis in 63-year old man is presented. Symptoms of the disease were found in the course of bone and pulmonary tuberculosis. Attention is paid to diagnostic data that may play an important role in diagnostics of the central nervous system tuberculosis. The therapy of tuberculous meningoencephalitis and the problem of potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to antituberculous drugs used up to the present are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Chorób Zakaźnych, Katedrze i Klinice Ftizjopneumonologii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej, Bytomiu.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kepa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oczko-Grzesik
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents