Clinical and laboratory characteristics of 62 tuberculous meningoencephalitis cases;Características clínicas e laboratoriais de 62 casos de meningoencefalite tuberculosa

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-226

  Nunes, Ceuci ^a   Gomes, Irenio ^b   Tavares, Adelci ^a   Melo, Ailton ^b  

^a Hospital Couto Maia

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system tuberculosis; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Neurotuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis; Tuberculous meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0030155586     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000200008     Document Type: Article

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