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A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Hale Turan Özden, Turhan Togan.


Abstract
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an inflammatory and demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system that is characterized by multifocal involvement of the white matter. Our patient was a 27-year-old female patient who had given birth to a baby with caesarean in another hospital. After four days upon the parturition, she was admit¬ted to our hospital 's general intensive care unit with a poor general status, confusion and a fever. She was diagnosed with ADEM according to the clinical, laboratory and radiological findings. In addition to her antibiotic treatment (me¬ropenem) that had been given in the previous health care facility, corticosteroid therapy was also started. The patient passed away due to the ventilator-associated pneumonia infection on the 10th day of her admission. Mycobacterium tuberculosis proliferation was observed in the cerebrospinal fluid after her death. As it is reported in literature, tuber¬culosis is a rare cause of ADEM. In conclusion, it should be noted that M. tuberculosis can be a rare cause of ADEM in regions where the disease is endemic. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2016;6(1): 28-31


 
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Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016; 6(1): 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210


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Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657278 [Access: November 22, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210


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Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016; 6(1): 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210



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Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2016), [cited November 22, 2024]; 6(1): 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210



Harvard Style

Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan (2016) A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 6 (1), 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210



Turabian Style

Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. 2016. A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 6 (1), 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210



Chicago Style

Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. "A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 6 (2016), 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan. "A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 6.1 (2016), 28-31 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Hale Turan Ozden, Turhan Togan (2016) A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 6 (1), 28-31 . doi:10.5799/jmid2016.01.0210