Cerebral and pulmonary miliary tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient adequately treated;Miliaire tuberculeuse cerebrale et pulmonaire chez un patient immunocompetent: Aggravation sous traitement adapte

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 958-962

  Gavazzi, G ^a   Bouchard, O ^a   Bosseray, A ^a   Leclerq, P ^a   Micoud, M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOMA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032490301     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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