title: Tuberculous meningitis in child born in the US to immigrants from a tuberculosis-endemic country.
abstract: This is a case of a child born in the US to immigrant parents from a tuberculosis (TB)-endemic area of Liberia who was diagnosed with TB meningitis after a greater than 1-month history of unremitting fever. This report aims to highlight the importance of early identification of TB in the pediatric population with risk factors for TB and considering TB as a diagnosis among US born children to immigrants from TB-endemic countries.
authors.affiliation: Medicine-Pediatrics Resident, PGY-2, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toll
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, and medical director of the RISE TB Clinic.
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Montague
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alexander-Scott
authors.affiliation: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Scoyoc
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007988:Liberia / Q000208:ethnology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States
keywords: Tuberculous meningitis; immigrant; pediatric; refugee