Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System

Part I. General Considerations

1. Historical Preview and Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Ziad A. Memish

2. Human Genetics of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System
Jamila El Baghdadi, Safa El Azbaoui, Fatima Ailal, Ali Akhaddar, Ayoub Sabri, Xiao-Fei Kong, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Jean Laurent Casanova, Laurent Abel, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis

3. Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System
Mohammad A. Bosaeed, Adel Alothman

4. Pathology of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System (Tuberculous Meningitis, Tuberculoma, Tuberculous Abscess)
Kiran Preet Malhotra, Dinkar Kulshreshtha

Part II. Tuberculosis of the Brain and Its Coverings

5. Scalp and the Calvarium
Prasad Krishnan

6. Dura Mater and Epidural Space
Erdal Kalkan, Fatih Erdi, Yaşar Karataş, Bülent Kaya

7. Subdural Space of the Brain and Its Coverings
Sailike Duishanbai, Mohammad Sami, Geng Dangmurenjiafu, Mehmet Turgut

8. Cerebrum, Cerebellum, and Deep Structures of the Brain
Forhad Hossain Chowdhury, Mohammod Raziul Haque, Mainul Haque Sarker

9. Brainstem Tuberculosis
Md Zahed Hossain, Ali Akhaddar, Ahmet T. Turgut, Forhad H. Chowdhury

10. Ventricles
Mohammed Benzagmout, Amadou Hassane Ali, Meryem Himmiche

11. Sellar-Suprasellar Region
Nayil Khursheed, Rumana Makhdoomi, Ahmet T. Turgut

12. Vascular Complications of Tuberculous Meningitis
Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Ravindra K. Garg

13. Imaging Findings of Tuberculosis of the Brain and Its Coverings
Mohammad Ali Karimi, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Ahmet T. Turgut

14. Surgical Therapy
Ali Akhaddar

Part III. Tuberculosis of the Spine and Its Coverings

15. Pott’s Disease
Mehmet Turgut, Ahmet T. Turgut, Ali Akhaddar

16. Spinal Dura Mater and Epidural Space
Andreas F. Mavrogenis, Vasilios G. Igoumenou, Panayiotis D. Megaloikonomos, Ahmet T. Turgut, Ali Akhaddar, Mehmet Turgut

17. Spinal Subdural Space
Ahmet T. Turgut, Elif Karadeli, Pelin Demir, Mehmet Turgut, Ali Akhaddar

18. Spinal Cord
Manish Jaiswal

19. Imaging Findings of Tuberculosis of the Spine and Its Coverings
Elif Karadeli, Ahmet T. Turgut

20. Surgical Therapy
Rajab Ali, Amir Jalil

21. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Tubercular Spondylitis
Roop Singh

Part IV. Tuberculosis of the Cranial and Peripheral Nerves

22. Optochiasmatic Tuberculosis
Neeraj Kumar, Ravindra K. Garg, Hardeep Singh Malhotra

23. Peripheral Neuropathy Due to Tuberculosis
Bhushan Malhari Warpe

24. Imaging Findings of Tuberculosis of the Cranial and Peripheral Nerves
Mudit Gupta, Jitender Saini, Rakesh Kumar Gupta

Part V. Laboratory Studies in Neuro-Tuberculosis

25. Traditional and New Laboratory Procedures
Güliz U. Güleç, Ahmet T. Turgut

26. Methods of Microbiological Confirmation in Tuberculous Meningitis
Amita Jain

Part VI. Therapy of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System and Its Coverings

27. Medical Therapy
Şule T. Gülen, Mehmet Turgut, Güliz U. Güleç, Ahmet T. Turgut, Ali Akhaddar

28. Surgical Therapy of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System and Its Coverings
Walter A. Hall, Ahmet T. Turgut, Mehmet Turgut

29. Hydrocephalus Surgery in Childhood Tuberculous Meningitis with Hydrocephalus
Anthony Figaji, Graham Fieggen, Ursula Rohlwink

30. Role of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Tuberculous Meningitis with Hydrocephalus
Y. R. Yadav, Nishtha Yadav, Vijay Parihar, Shailendra Ratre, Jitin Bajaj

31. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Tuberculosis Complicated with Extensive Abscess
Arun K. Srivastava, Jayesh Sardhara, Chaitanya Godbole, Sanjay Behari

32. Surgery for Multifocal Spinal Tuberculosis
Pedro Fernandes, Joaquim Soares Brito, Ahmet T. Turgut

33. Concurrent Occurrence of Brain Tuberculoma Along with Spinal Cord Tuberculoma
Özüm Tunçyürek, Mehmet Turgut, Elif Karadeli, Yelda Özsunar, Ahmet T. Turgut

34. Paradoxical Worsening of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System During Treatment
Vimal Kumar Paliwal

35. Tuberculosis of the Nervous System in Immunocompromised Hosts
Mehdi Laghmari, Gedéon Thouassa, Davis Mpando, Said Ait Benali

36. Management of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Involving the Nervous System
Dwarakanath Srinivas, Pragyan Sarma

37. Outcome of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System and Its Coverings
Ahmed Elsawaf

Part VII. Tuberculosis in Humans

38. An Overview of Tuberculosis: What You Need to Know
Kristina Galic

Part VIII. Further Insights into Tuberculosis

39. In Vitro and Animal Models of Tuberculosis of the Nervous System
Onur Yazici, Ahmet T. Turgut, Mehmet Turgut

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