Tuberculous meningitis in a Filipino maid

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 783-786

  Sheu, Jau Jiuan ^a   Yuan, Rey Yue ^a   Lu, Jang Jih ^b   Chung, Chi Li ^a   Hsu, Chao Yu ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foreign worker; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREIGN WORKER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0033380326     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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