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Treatment associated inflammatory deterioration in tuberculous meningitis: unpicking the paradox

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Ever since the advent of anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy in the late 1940s, physicians have recognized that in some patients the symptoms and signs of tuberculosis worsen after the start of treatment. These clinical manifestations have been called ‘paradoxical reactions’, because they occur despite effective anti-microbial therapy. Their pathogenesis is poorly understood, but they are broadly considered to be caused by excessive inflammation to dead and dying bacteria [1]. Paradoxical reacti...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1093/infdis/jiw565

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Thwaites, G
Nguyen, T
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Infectious Diseases Journal website
Volume:
215
Issue:
5
Pages:
665–667
Publication date:
2016-12-08
Acceptance date:
2016-12-08
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pubs:666087
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uuid:6ed0c595-1e63-4cc4-ae37-ee8e8c1b1d34
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pubs:666087
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666087
Deposit date:
2016-12-15

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