Disseminated tuberculosis in a pregnant woman presenting with numerous brain tuberculomas: case report

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which has the pulmonary form as the most common presentation. Dissemination of the disease is common in immunocompromised patients, but immunodeficiency related to pregnancy severe enough to cause dissemination of the Mycoba...

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Published in:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Main Authors:	Emerson L. Gasparetto, Priscilla Tazoniero, Arnolfo de Carvalho Neto
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações 2003-09-01
Subjects:	central nervous system tuberculosis pregnancy tuberculoma
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000500028&tlng=en