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MeSH Heading: Tuberculosis, Meningeal
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.223.500.937; C01.150.252.223.850.800; C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.200.600; C01.207.180.500.937; C01.207.180.850.800; C10.228.228.180.500.937; C10.228.228.180.850.800; C10.586.625.280.915
Unique ID: D014390
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014390
Scope Note: A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION in the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9)
Entry Term(s): Meningitis, Tuberculous; TB Meningitis; Tubercular Meningitis; Tuberculosis Meningitis; Tuberculous Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis
NLM Classification #: WL 200
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/10/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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microbiology (MI)

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pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

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Concept UI: M0022122
Scope Note: A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. The illness may occur in immunocompetent individuals or as an OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION in the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunodeficiency syndromes. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp717-9)
Terms: Tuberculosis, Meningeal Preferred Term
Term UI T042084
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Meningitis, Tuberculous
Term UI T042083
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Tuberculosis Meningitis
Term UI T370810
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Tubercular Meningitis
Term UI T752485
Date06/08/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; TB Meningitis
Term UI T781819
Date12/09/2010
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID

Tuberculosis, Meningeal MeSH Descriptor Data 2025