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Meningitis tuberculosa
Nombres alternativos:
Meningitis TB
SÃntomas:
Signos y exámenes:
Para cualquier paciente con meningitis, es importante llevar a cabo una punción lumbar (punción en la columna), donde los médicos toman una muestra de lÃquido cefalorraquÃdeo (conocido como LCR) y la envÃan para los análisis en el laboratorio. Los siguientes exámenes ayudan a diagnosticar la meningitis tuberculosa:
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Tinción del lÃquido cefalorraquÃdeo (LCR) positiva para
Mycobacterium
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LCR con alto nivel de proteÃnas, bajo nivel de glucosa y aumento en el número de linfocitos
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Cultivo de LCR
que muestra la proliferación de
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR) que muestra LCR positivo para
M. tuberculosis
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Prueba cutánea positiva para tuberculosis
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Biopsia
cerebral o menÃngea que muestra la presencia de
M. tuberculosis
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Fecha de revisión: 9/6/2006
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Versión en inglés revisada por: Hilary M. Babcock, M.D., Medical Director of Occupational Infection Control, Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals; Instructor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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