Catalog
Tuberculosis of the nervous system
Link to WHO Definition
Tuberculosis of the nervous system – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/729372485
A disease of the central nervous system, caused by an infection with bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. This disease is characterised by neurological deficits depending on the site affected. Transmission is through haematogenous spread to the nervous system after inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by identification of bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in the cerebrospinal fluid.
Parents
Children
- Tuberculosis of brain
- 1B11.3 Tuberculous granuloma of brain
- Tuberculous cerebral arteritis
- Tuberculoma of spinal cord
- 1B11.2 Meningeal tuberculoma
- Tuberculous neuritis
- 1B11.0 Tuberculous meningitis
- Tuberculous mononeuropathy
- 1B11.1 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis
- Tuberculous polyneuropathy
- Tuberculosis of spinal cord