A 21 year old man returns from India agitated, confused and nearly unconscious. He is intubated and empirically treated for bacterial meningitis and viral encephalitis. Three days later, with no improvement, intravenous quinine is started and the patient begins to recover… The medical challenges of global travel… Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief PCR negative cerebral malaria in […]
Month: March 2012
Global Health: Spinal tuberculoma in pregnancy – a rare cause of back pain
The great mimick again…Here the authors present a stunning image of TB …this time as a cause of back pain in pregnancy. Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Spinal tuberculoma in pregnancy: a rare cause of back pain […]