结核性脑膜炎临床特点分析

目的：探讨近年来结核性脑膜炎的临床特点及影响预后的的因素;方法：回顾性分析我院1995年-2005年收治的64例结核性脑膜炎患者的发病情况,临床特征及预后,结果：64例结核性脑膜炎患者治愈30例,好转30例,恶化2例（随访2例皆死亡）,死亡2例。治愈率93．75％。死亡原因主要由于确诊过晚,延误治疗引起。结论：结核性脑膜炎是常见的中枢神经系统感染性疾病,其预后与早期诊断及合理治疗有关。     

头颅CT、头颅MRI 在结核性脑膜炎诊断中应用

结核性脑膜炎是中枢神经系统感染性疾病中常见病,且致死率、致残率都很高.结核性脑膜炎的临床表现具有非特异性性,因此临床上容易引起误诊、漏诊.目前结核性脑膜炎的诊断主要是依据临床资料,脑脊液检查、生化及病原学和影像学检查等综合诊断方法.早期诊断及治疗和结核性脑膜炎的预后有着密切的关系,提高早期诊断是改善结核性脑膜炎顸后关键.头颅CT、头颅MR在结核性脑膜炎诊断中有着重要的作用,对结核性脑膜炎的诊断可提供重要的价值.本文就头颅CT及头颅MR在结核性脑膜炎中的作用做一综述.     

结核性脑膜炎的诊断和治疗

结核性脑膜炎(TBM)是一种严重的肺外结核性,约占全部结核病的1%。TBM的死亡率和致残率高,至今仍是发展中国家最严重的疾病之一。儿童患者及合并HIV感染的结核性脑膜炎患者死亡率明显增高。结核性脑膜炎的具体发病机制仍不清楚,细菌和宿主的遗传因素在结脑的发病机制中发挥了至关重要的作用。尽管现代医学技术的进展,TBM的早期诊断仍存在困难。TBM的诊断依赖于临床表现、实验室检查以及影像学检查,脑脊液细菌涂片或培养找到结核分枝杆菌可确诊。早期诊断和治疗尤为关键。临床上往往从经验判断开始抗结核治疗。WHO指南推荐至少六个月的抗结核治疗。然而,部分指南推荐延长抗结核治疗至9-12个月。早期使用类固醇类激素可降低死亡率。抗结核药物耐药性与高死亡率相关。该综述描述了结脑的各个方面,重点强调结核性脑膜炎的早期诊断和治疗。     

西藏64例结核性脑膜炎临床分析

目的:总结西藏地区结核性脑膜脑炎的临床特点.方法:回顾分析2009年1月至2012年1月在西藏军区总医院感染结核科住院治疗的结核性脑膜脑炎患者64例,总结分析其临床特点及实验室、影像学检查结果.结果:临床表现中发热、头痛病例较高,神经系统症状并发症占总病例数比例高达53.1％(34/64).脑脊液改变:蛋白(0.16-7.5)g/L,平均(2.13± 1.61)g/L;糖定量(0.2-4.0)mmol/L,平均(1.49± 0.96)mmol/L;氯化物(92.3-124.7) mmol/L,平均(106.8± 7.51) mmol/L.头颅影像异常29例(45.3％),其中脑积水25例(39.1％),脑梗死2例(3.1％),脑膜增厚2例(3.1％).64例患者经治疗后,好转46例(72％),在院死亡8例(12.5％),自动出院10例(15.6％).结论:西藏地区结核性脑膜炎患者以成人为主,在临床特点及实验室、影像学检查结果方面有自身地域和民族特点,及时诊治预后较好.     

儿童隐球菌性脑膜炎临床分析

目的分析并讨论儿童隐球菌性脑膜炎的临床特点、诊断及治疗方法等。方法回顾性分析上海长征医院皮肤科在1993年3月至2008年6月间16例经病原学确诊的隐球菌性脑膜炎患儿临床资料。结果患儿平均年龄7．25岁（2～15岁）,男女比例2．2：1,主要症状包括头痛（87．5％）、发热（81．25％）、恶心呕吐（75％）等,10例颅内压升高。确诊依据脑脊液真菌涂片、培养或隐球菌抗原检查。治疗采用两性霉素B和（或）两性霉素B脂质体静滴,5一氟胞嘧啶口服,辅以两性霉素B鞘内注射,联合氟康唑、伊曲康唑等药物治疗。16例患儿痊愈9例,病情明显好转5例,死亡2例。结论儿童隐球菌性脑膜炎起病缓慢,临床症状缺乏特异性,对疑有中枢神经系统感染性疾病时,应及早行脑脊液检查,并反复多次检查、联合检查以确定诊断,减少误诊、漏诊。早期诊断和及时、系统、足量、长程的抗真菌治疗是提高治愈率和患儿生存质量的关键。     

结核性脑膜脑炎并结核性脊髓炎的2例临床分析

目的：总结结核性脑膜脑炎并结核性脊髓炎的临床特点、治疗方法及预后。方法：对2例结核性脑膜脑炎并结核性脊髓炎患者的临床资料、实验室检查、影像学资料、组织病理学、治疗方法及预后进行分析。结果：2例患者均有头痛、颅神经麻痹、脑膜刺激征、双下肢乏力、感觉障碍;脑脊液中蛋白明显升高;MRI检查显示有脑膜强化、颅内强化灶及相应节段脊髓肿胀;全身抗痨联合鞘内注射异烟肼和地塞米松治疗有效。结论：结核性脑膜脑炎患者如出现脊髓受损表现或脑脊液蛋白明显增高,而腰穿压力正常或降低等应考虑合并结核性脊髓炎的可能性。早期全身抗痨联合鞘内给药疗效确切。     

68例多发性骨髓瘤的临床特点及实验室检查回顾性分析

目的：探讨68例多发性骨髓瘤MM患者的临床首发症状,实验室相关检查特点。方法：回顾分析我院2002年1月-2012年3月期间68例MM患者临床表现及实验室相关资料。结果：68例MM患者中临床表现具有多样性,细胞形态学检查中骨髓瘤细胞比例大于20％的占76％,骨髓瘤细胞比例小于20％的占24％,骨髓中成熟红细胞呈缗钱状排列者占78％,血清蛋白电泳中53例患者出现M蛋白,免疫球蛋白IgG增高15例,IgA增高11例,轻链型4例,X线检查结果48例提示骨质有异常改变。结论：临床表现和实验室检查对明确诊断MM及早期治疗都有很重要的意义。     

小儿结核性脑膜炎50例分析

结核性脑膜炎（结脑）是小儿肺外结核中最严重的常见病,也是小儿结核病死亡的主要原因之一。早期易误诊为其他疾病,因此,多数病例确诊时已为中、晚期,严重影响疗效及预后,病死率较高。我院１９９１～１９９６年收治５０例,现分析如下。１临床资料１．１一般情况５０...     

结核性脑膜炎颅神经损害与脑脊液特点的关系研究

目的:探讨结核性脑膜炎颅神经损害与脑脊液特点的关系。方法:回顾性收集我院神经内科确诊的173例结核性脑膜炎患者临床资料,将所有患者分为伴颅神经损害和不伴颅神经损害两组,对其临床特点及脑脊液外观、压力及细胞学、生化、免疫球蛋白结果进行统计学分析。结果:颅神经损害者占所有病人的22.5%(39/173),视神经损害占61.5%(24/39),外展神经损害占53.8%(21/39),动眼神经损害占15.4%(6/39),听神经损害占15.4%(6/39);颅神经损伤组较无颅神经损伤组脑脊液压力、蛋白质及Ig G、Ig M、Alb明显升高(P0.01或0.001),且颅神经损害者头颅MRI脑膜强化较无颅神经损害者差异有统计学意义(P0.001),而脑脊液外观、白细胞计数及比例两组间并无发现显著差异。结论:结核性脑膜炎患者伴颅神经损害时,脑脊液压力、蛋白质及部分免疫球蛋白较无颅神经损害者明显升高,这将有助于结核性脑膜炎合并颅神经损害的临床诊断,对于有颅神经损害的结核性脑膜膜炎患者加强并早期启动抗结核治疗,以减少蛋白质沉积,从而降低颅神经损害的发生率。     

婴儿巨细胞病毒感染31例临床及治疗观察

目的：探讨婴儿巨细胞病毒(CMV)感染的临床特点及治疗。方法：对经酶免疫斑点技术确诊的31例小儿CMV感染,总结其临床特点并选用丙氧鸟苷治疗。结果：高胆红素血症占58．06％,支气管肺炎占25．80％,中枢神经系统损害占16．13％。31例均给丙氧鸟苷治疗,疗程3～8w,结果25例痊愈,5例好转,1例死亡。结论：婴儿巨细胞病毒感染以高胆红素血症、支气管肺炎及中枢神经系统损害为主;丙氧鸟苷是治疗小儿CMV感染的首选药物。     

儿童噬血细胞综合征38例临床分析

摘要目的：探讨噬血细胞综合征患儿的临床特征、治疗及预后。方法：对38例噬血细胞综合征患儿的Il盏床症状、体征、试验检查结果、治疗及预后,进行回顾性总结与分析。结果：38例患儿主要表现为发热、肝脾淋巴结肿大、外周血细胞减少、铁蛋白升高、凝血功能异常;经针对性治疗后,治愈3例,好转20例,疗效不佳自动出院9例,死亡6例。结论：噬血细胞综合征病因复杂,临床表现多种多样,病情凶险,预后较差,旱期诊断及治疗对预后十分关键。     

Salmonellose chez les enfants: Etude de 95 cas à l'H?pital Ste-Justine,Montréal,en 1963-1964

A retrospective study was done in children in whom salmonellosis was confirmed by laboratory findings with the aim of reviewing etiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations and therapy. The 15 serotypes most frequently isolated from stool, and in exceptional cases from urine, are discussed. If patients with typhoid fever are excluded, only one patient (who subsequently died) had a blood culture positive for Salmonella, specifically S. enteritidis.No seasonal or other peaks of incidence were noted. Age appeared to be important; of 81 patients with gastroenteritis, 30 were less than 6 months old.Two children in the older age group developed complications; one with appendicitis required surgery.Ten strains of Salmonella out of 23 tested by the disc method showed in vitro resistance to ampicillin on primary isolation.Acquired in vitro resistance to one or more antibiotics appeared to develop with six Salmonella strains reisolated from patients after or during antibiotic treatment.In several children the stool cultures remained positive after clinical signs had disappeared. These findings strongly suggest that, even though antibiotic therapy may improve the symptoms of Salmonella infection, it does not decrease the number of carriers during the convalescent period.     

21例奶蛋白过敏患儿临床特征分析及诊治方法

目的：探讨奶蛋白过敏患儿的临床特点及诊治方法。方法：收集2012年2月-2013年2月我院接诊的21例奶蛋白过敏患儿的临床资料,将临床表现、特异性皮肤点刺试验、回避试验等结果进行总结分析。结果：患儿皮肤粘膜、消化道等症状出现时间较早,湿疹症状出现最多（71．43％）,仅有1例患儿出现发育迟缓（4．76％）;皮肤点刺试验奶蛋白阳性者12例（57．14％）,回避试验阳性率为100．00％;经过改善饮食及对症治疗,21例患儿皮肤粘膜、消化道、呼吸道系统等症状一般在4周内消失,发育迟缓在正规治疗2．4周开始缓解,8周内消失。结论：奶蛋白过敏缺乏特异症状表现,临床在出现症状后加强实验室检查。结合详细病史进行确诊,才能减少误诊的发生,及时治疗,保证患儿的正常生长发育。     

12 例多系统萎缩患者的临床特点和诊断分析

目的:研究12例多系统萎缩(multiple system atrophy MSA)患者的临床特点,分析诊断要点。方法:回顾性分析12例多系统萎缩病例,探讨其临床特点和早期诊断的要点。结果:本组病例均为慢性、隐袭性起病,男性居多,男:女=1.4:1。平均发病年龄49.2岁(35.0岁～72.0岁)。平均病程33个月(6个月～60个月)。MSA-P亚型4例,MSA-C亚型8例,以MSA-C亚型占优势。MSA-P亚型中以行动迟缓为主要首发表现(75%),主要体征分别为肌张力增高(100%)、直立性低血压(75%)、锥体束征(75%);MSA-C亚型以行走不稳为主要首发表现(62.5%),主要体征为共济失调(100%),直立性低血压、小脑性语言、锥体束征(分别为62.5%)。结论:多系统萎缩是一种散发性的神经系统变性疾病,成年起病,临床表现多样。对于早期单纯以帕金森综合征、小脑功能障碍或自主神经功能紊乱为主要症状的患者,特别是无家族史者,要注意甄别有无其他系统受累的症状或体征,同时结合影像学检查、左旋多巴类药物治疗反应性等临床特点,对于早期正确诊断MSA有一定帮助。     

Childhood Psychosis or Mental Retardation: A Diagnostic Dilemma: I. Psychiatric and Psychological Aspects

A relatively large percentage of children seen at a mental retardation clinic demonstrated psychotic symptoms. The entire group with psychotic manifestations, 62 in all, were reviewed in order to clarify the diagnosis of childhood psychosis or mental retardation. The 1961 British criteria for childhood psychosis were used and are advocated by the authors. Childhood psychosis was the primary diagnosis in 38 cases, and psychosis secondary to brain damage in 24 cases. Onset of the condition under the age of three years and a poor prognosis for social recovery were characteristic of the entire group.Obvious emotional disorder was present in 21 mothers and 14 fathers. There was a continuum in terms of number of psychotic symptoms, level of intelligence and presence of organic signs. It is concluded that there is an overlap between the entities of childhood psychosis and mental retardation.     

Leprosy in a prison population: A new active search strategy and a prospective clinical analysis

BackgroundThis study evaluates an active search strategy for leprosy diagnosis based on responses to a Leprosy Suspicion Questionnaire (LSQ), and analyzing the clinical, immunoepidemiological and follow-up aspects for individuals living in a prison population.MethodsA cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire posing 14 questions about leprosy symptoms and signs that was distributed to 1,400 prisoners. This was followed by dermatoneurological examination, anti-PGL-I serology and RLEP-PCR. Those without leprosy were placed in the Non-leprosy Group (NLG, n = 1,216) and those diagnosed with clinical symptoms of leprosy were placed in the Leprosy Group (LG, n = 34).FindingsIn total, 896 LSQ were returned (64%), and 187 (20.9%) of the responses were deemed as positive for signs/symptoms, answering 2.7 questions on average. Clinically, 1,250 (89.3%) of the prisoners were evaluated resulting in the diagnosis of 34 new cases (LG), based on well-accepted clinical signs and symptoms, a new case detection rate of 2.7% within this population, while the NLG were comprised of 1,216 individuals. The confinement time medians were 39 months in the LG while it was 36 months in the NLG (p>0.05). The 31 leprosy cases who responded to the questionnaire (LSQ+) had an average of 1.5 responses. The symptoms “anesthetized skin area” and “pain in nerves” were most commonly mentioned in the LG while “tingling, numbness in the hands/feet”, “sensation of pricks and needles”, “pain in nerves” and “spots on the skin” responses were found in more than 30% of questionnaires in the NLG. Clinically, 88.2% had dysesthetic macular skin lesions and 97.1% presented some peripheral nerve impairment, 71.9% with some degree of disability. All cases were multibacillary, confirming a late diagnosis. Anti-PGL-I results in the LG were higher than in the NLG (p<0.0001), while the RLEP-PCR was positive in 11.8% of the patients.InterpretationOur findings within the penitentiary demonstrated a hidden prevalence of leprosy, although the individuals diagnosed were likely infected while living in their former communities and not as a result of exposure in the prison. The LSQ proved to be an important screening tool to help identify leprosy cases in prisons.     

Wegener's granulomatosis: clinico-radiological finding at initial presentation

Diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis at the early stage is difficult because of the nonspecific symptoms which mimic other disorders. The aim of this paper is to describe clinical and radiological features of Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) in a Serbian population at initial presentation. A retrospective review of 37 patient's case records was carried out. All those patients were diagnosed with WG and they attended the Institute for lung diseases in Belgrade over the period of 15 years. There were 20 males and 17 females, ranging in age from 18 to 73 years (mean age 46.2 years). The mean period from the onset of the first symptoms to diagnosis of WG was 4.59 +/- 6.15 months. The criteria of American College of Rheumatology were fulfilled in all patients. Twenty-five of 37 patients had systemic, generalized form of WG and while 12 of them had a limited involvement of upper and lower respiratory system. The frequency of different system involvement was: upper respiratory tract 64.8%, lower respiratory tract 100%, kidneys 67.5%, musculoskeletal system 40.5%, skin 27.2%, eyes 8.1%, and nervous system two patients. ANCA (antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies) test was positive in 32 ((86.5%) patients, and negative in 5 (13.5%). All patients were ANA negative. Histological evidence of granulomatous vasculitis was obtained in 34 (91.9%), whereas in three patients the diagnosis was based on clinical manifestations and positive c-ANCA test. There are minor variations in our data when compared with those reported in literature.     

Endocrine disorders in pediatric - onset Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder with a great variety of clinical manifestations. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the pattern and the long-term course of clinical, laboratorial and radiological findings in pediatric-onset LCH. We reviewed 46 children with histological diagnosis of LCH. Ten children (22%) showed endocrine disorders. Central diabetes insipidus (DI) was observed in all ten patients; GH deficiency was confirmed in four and hypogonadism in two children. There were no adrenal, prolactin or thyroid axis abnormalities. Obesity was observed in three patients. Eight patients showed soft tissue infiltration and five bone involvement. The MRI showed a lack of posterior pituitary bright spot in all DI patients; infundibular infiltration (II) associated or not with sellar or supra-sellar mass was observed in 4 patients. We conclude that the investigation of LCH, a multi-systemic disease, should include central nervous system images. The presence of II and/or DI should raise the diagnosis of LCH. Complete endocrine evaluation, allowing an early hormone therapy, is required to obtain a better quality of life in children with LCH.     

LESS COMMONLY RECOGNIZED CLINICAL FEATURES OF AMEBIASIS

Among the less commonly recognized clinical manifestations of intestinal and hepatic amebiasis are vague abdominal distress in the absence of diarrhea, symptoms like those of peptic ulcer, and symptoms of a kind that may be ascribed to psychoneurosis. Hepatic amebiasis may be confused with other diseases affecting areas above or below the right diaphragm, such as cholecystitis, viral hepatitis, pneumonia or pleurisy.Adequate therapy in every case must include a course of a drug effective against hepatic involvement (chloroquine or emetine) and a drug effective against intestinal involvement (Diodoquin, Milibis, or carbarsone). Even in the absence of positive results of stool examinations, a course of antiamebic therapy is always justified as a diagnostic and therapeutic measure.     

Less commonly recognized clinical features of amebiasis

Among the less commonly recognized clinical manifestations of intestinal and hepatic amebiasis are vague abdominal distress in the absence of diarrhea, symptoms like those of peptic ulcer, and symptoms of a kind that may be ascribed to psychoneurosis. Hepatic amebiasis may be confused with other diseases affecting areas above or below the right diaphragm, such as cholecystitis, viral hepatitis, pneumonia or pleurisy. Adequate therapy in every case must include a course of a drug effective against hepatic involvement (chloroquine or emetine) and a drug effective against intestinal involvement (Diodoquin, Milibis, or carbarsone). Even in the absence of positive results of stool examinations, a course of antiamebic therapy is always justified as a diagnostic and therapeutic measure.