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Infection of the Central Nervous System by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (the New Neurotuberculosis)

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Neurologic complications of HIV infection are numerous. This review focuses on the clinical presentation, diagnostic particularities and therapeutic issues of neurotuberculosis. The pertinent literature describing this important infection is succinctly summarized with a particular emphasis on the discussion of differences in clinical presentation between HIV-infected and -uninfected patients.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, European University of Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, E-28670 Madrid, Spain, e-mail: jorge.sanchez@ema.cisa.uem.es, , , , , , ES

    J. Sánchez-Portecarrero & J. Romero-Vivas

  2. Clinical Microbiology Service, Hospital San Carlos, 28670 Madrid, Spain, , , , , , ES

    E. Pérez-Cecilia

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  1. J. Sánchez-Portecarrero
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Received: December 22, 1998 · Accepted: September 19, 1999

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Sánchez-Portecarrero, J., Pérez-Cecilia, E. & Romero-Vivas, J. Infection of the Central Nervous System by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (the New Neurotuberculosis). Infection 27, 313–317 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s150100050035

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