{"title":"Paradoxical Reaction during Treatment of Tuberculous Meningoencephalitis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.","authors":"Isadora Lemos Versiani, Gabriela Flor Nimer, Carolina Braga Moura, Arthur Ferreira Xavier, Rodrigo Cutrim Gaudio, Fernanda Cristina Rueda Lopes, Caroline Bittar Braune","doi":"10.4103/jgid.jgid_96_23","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tuberculous paradoxical reaction presents as clinical deterioration during appropriate tuberculosis therapy and is a separate entity from treatment failure and drug resistance. We describe a case of central nervous system paradoxical reaction following tuberculous meningoencephalitis treatment in an immunocompromised patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.</p>","PeriodicalId":51581,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Global Infectious Diseases","volume":"16 2","pages":"73-75"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11286087/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Global Infectious Diseases","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_96_23","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/4/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Tuberculous paradoxical reaction presents as clinical deterioration during appropriate tuberculosis therapy and is a separate entity from treatment failure and drug resistance. We describe a case of central nervous system paradoxical reaction following tuberculous meningoencephalitis treatment in an immunocompromised patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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