Mylène Grimaud-Ayina, Olivier Fain, Olivier Lortholary, Philippe Cruaud, Adrien Kettaneh, Jérôme Stirnemann, Michèle Hornstein, Michel Robineau, Marie-Pierre Le Pennec, Pierrette Boudon, Denis Malbec, Denis Mechali, Jacques Desrues, Jacques Glowinski, Loïc Guillevin, Michel Thomas
SUBJECT: Analyze characteristics of neuromeningeal tuberculosis in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Retrospective study of 19 observations between 1988 and 1999. RESULTS: Thirteen cases of meningitis, 3 cases of meningitis associated with a tuberculoma and 3 cases with isolated tuberculoma were described. Young subjects (average age 46.4), foreign born (73.7%) were preferentially affected. Three patients were infected by the human immunodeficiency virus...
March 2002: Annales de Médecine Interne