TY - JOUR AU - Christie, Laura J. AU - Loeffler, Ann M. AU - Honarmand, Somayeh AU - Flood, Jennifer M. AU - Baxter, Roger AU - Jacobson, Susan AU - Alexander, Rick AU - Glaser, Carol A. T1 - Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 9 SP - 1473 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Central nervous system tuberculosis (TB) was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical features (encephalitic symptoms, rapid onset, age) and diagnostic challenges (insensitive cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] TB PCR result, elevated CSF glucose levels in patients with diabetes, negative result for tuberculin skin test) complicated diagnosis. KW - Tuberculosis KW - meningitis KW - encephalitis KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - Mycobacterium bovis KW - central nervous system KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1409.070264 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/9/07-0264_article ER - End of Reference