Tuberculous meningitis: Tuberculous meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord caused by Koch's bacillus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tuberculous meningitis is available below.
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Prognosis for Tuberculous meningitis: Tuberculous meningitis is life-threatening if untreated. Long-term follow-up is needed to detect repeated infections (recurrences).
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Tuberculous meningitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Tuberculous meningitis, or a subtype of Tuberculous meningitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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