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A Mild Form of Tuberculous Meningitis
FORBES H. NORRIS, JR., MD;
PAUL H. GARVEY, MD;
GEORGE W. SWALBACH, MD
Arch Neurol. 1964;10(4):398-401.
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Introduction
Tuberculosis has justifiably been regarded as one of the most dreaded infections of the nervous system. Although some benign cases have been described, as summarized by Wilson,18 Merritt4 states,
Prior to the advent of streptomycin and isoniazid, there was no effective therapy. A few cases were reported in the literature in which there was apparently a spontaneous cure. The diagnosis in most of such cases is open to doubt. For all practical purposes the disease can be considered 100 per cent fatal and death usually occurs within three to four weeks of the onset.
Moreover, even with modern treatment, adults fare less well than children. Weiss and Flippin7 report cures with modern therapy in 81% of children up to 10 years of age, but in only 14% of patients over 40 years of age, with an intermediate result in patients 11 to 40 years of
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Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, NY
From the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 21, 1963; accepted Dec 3.
Associate Professor of Neurology (Dr. Norris); Emeritus Professor of Neurology (Dr. Garvey), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Iola Sanitorium, Monroe County, NY (Dr. Swalbach).
Assisted by a Special Fellowship (No. BT-907-Cl) from the United States Public Health Service (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness) (Dr. Norris).
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