title: Multidrug-resistant tuberculous subdural empyema with secondary methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: an unusual presentation of cranial tuberculosis in an infant.
abstract: Despite tuberculosis (TB) being endemic in many parts of the world, its prevalence in infancy is low. Neurotuberculosis in this age is even rarer and presents either as meningitis or intracranial tuberculoma on the background of exposure to the disease. We report occurrence of multidrug-resistant tuberculous subdural empyema in a three-month-old girl as the initial presenting manifestation of TB in the absence of any exposure to the disease. She was successfully managed with surgery and drugs with good outcome at 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Mazda K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Turel
authors.forename: Ranjith K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.forename: Vedantam
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajshekhar
mesh_terms: D013354:Empyema, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology