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Tuberculous meningitis in pregnancy
Author(s) -
KINGDOM JOHN C. P.,
KENNEDY DERMOT H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb01668.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , tuberculous meningitis , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , intervention (counseling) , meningitis , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , maternal morbidity , obstetrics , psychiatry , biology , genetics
Summary. Four women with tuberculous meningitis in association with pregnancy are described to illustrate both the serious nature and varied presentation of this condition. Mortality or neurological morbidity may occur more frequently during pregnancy, but in general correlate closely with delay in diagnosis and initiation of appropriate therapy. Treatment often needs to be started empirically, and neurosurgical intervention may prove life saving.