Tuberculous meningitis with hydrocephalus. Contribution of PCR assay of CSF before VP shunting

A Arimoto; H Yoshioka; M Kihara; T Yagi; T Sawada

doi:10.1007/s003810050287

Tuberculous meningitis with hydrocephalus. Contribution of PCR assay of CSF before VP shunting

Childs Nerv Syst. 1998 Nov;14(11):623-6. doi: 10.1007/s003810050287.

Authors

A Arimoto¹, H Yoshioka, M Kihara, T Yagi, T Sawada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.

PMID: 9840362
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050287

Abstract

A 10-month-old infant with tuberculous (Tb) meningitis accompanying hydrocephalus was successfully treated with a VP shunt operation soon after a PCR assay of CSF was found to be negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PCR assay of CSF is helpful for determination of the timing for VP shunting in Tb meningitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus / cerebrospinal fluid
Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging
Hydrocephalus / etiology*
Hydrocephalus / microbiology
Hydrocephalus / surgery*
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Meningeal / complications*
Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Meningeal / microbiology
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*