Tuberculous meningitis among adults with and without HIV infection: Experience in an urban public hospital

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1710-1716

  Yechoor, Vijay K ^a,b   Shandera, Wayne X ^a,d   Rodriguez, Pablo ^a,c   Cate, Thomas R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ben Taub General Hospital ^*

^d BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0029820988     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.15.1710     Document Type: Article

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