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Descriptor English: Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System
Descriptor Spanish: Tuberculosis del Sistema Nervioso Central
Descriptor tuberculosis del sistema nervioso central
Scope note: Tuberculosis del cerebro, la médula espinal o las meninges (TUBERCULOSIS MENÍNGEA), causada con más frecuencia por MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS y raramente por MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. La infección puede estar limitada al sistema nervioso o coexistir en otros órganos (ejemplo, TUBERCULOSIS PULMONAR). El microorganismo tiende a sembrar las meninges causando una meningitis difusa y conlleva la formación del TUBERCULOMA, que puede encontrarse en el cerebro, la médula espinal o los espacios perimeníngeos. La lesión tuberculosa de la columna vertebral (TUBERCULOSIS ESPINAL) puede producir compresión de las raíces nerviosas o de la médula espinal. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp. 717-20)
Descriptor Portuguese: Tuberculose do Sistema Nervoso Central
Descriptor French: Tuberculose du système nerveux central
Entry term(s): Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.223.850
C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.200
C01.207.180.850
C10.228.228.180.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020306
Scope note: Tuberculosis of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges (TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL), most often caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS and rarely by MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The infection may be limited to the nervous system or coexist in other organs (e.g., TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY). The organism tends to seed the meninges causing a diffuse meningitis and leads to the formation of TUBERCULOMA, which may occur within the brain, spinal cord, or perimeningeal spaces. Tuberculous involvement of the vertebral column (TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL) may result in nerve root or spinal cord compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-20)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Tuberculoma (1966-1999)
Tuberculosis, Meningeal (1966-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Entry Version: TUBERCULOSIS CNS
DeCS ID: 34162
Unique ID: D020306
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System - Preferred
Concept UI M0328653
Scope note Tuberculosis of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges (TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL), most often caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS and rarely by MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The infection may be limited to the nervous system or coexist in other organs (e.g., TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY). The organism tends to seed the meninges causing a diffuse meningitis and leads to the formation of TUBERCULOMA, which may occur within the brain, spinal cord, or perimeningeal spaces. Tuberculous involvement of the vertebral column (TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL) may result in nerve root or spinal cord compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-20)
Preferred term Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System
Entry term(s) Central Nervous System Tuberculosis



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