Table 1.
Patient no. | Origin site | Typical FINDINGS |
Atypical findings | Anti-HIV Ab | Tb | CSF | Drug resistance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meningitis | Tuberculoma | |||||||
1 | Lung | – | x | – | – | Positive | – | – |
2 | Lung | x | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | Sensitive |
3 | Lung | – | x | – | Negative | Positive | – | Resistant (INH) |
4 | Lung | x | x | o | Negative | Positive | – | Sensitive |
5 | Lung | – | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | Sensitive |
6 | Lung | x | x | o | Negative | Positive | – | Resistant (INH, RFP) |
7 | Lung | x | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | Resistant (INH, SM) |
8 | Lung | x | x | o | Negative | Positive | – | Sensitive |
9 | Lung | x | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | – |
10 | Lung | o | o (multiple) | x | Negative | Positive | Positive | – |
11 | Spine | – | x | x | Negative | Negative | – | – |
12 | Spine | x | x | x | Negative | Negative | – | – |
13 | Spine | x | x | x | Negative | Negative | – | – |
14 | Spine | o | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | – |
15 | Spine | o | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | Sensitive |
16 | Spine | – | x | x | Negative | Negative | – | – |
17 | Spine | – | x | x | Negative | Negative | – | – |
18 | Spine | x | x | x | Negative | Negative | – | – |
19 | Disseminated | x | o (multiple) | x | Negative | Positive | Positive | Sensitive |
20 | Disseminated | o | o (multiple) | o | Negative | Positive | Positive | Sensitive |
21 | Disseminated | x | x | x | Negative | Positive | – | – |
22 | Unknown | o | x | o | Negative | Positive | Positive | Sensitive |
FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; SI, signal intensity; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; Ab, antibody; TB, tuberculosis; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; INH, isoniazid; RFP, rifampin; SM, streptomycin.