Role of cerebrospinal fluid shunting for human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with tuberculous meningitis and hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 644-650

  Nadvi, Syed Sameer ^a   Nathoo, Narendra ^a   Annamalai, Ken ^a   Van Dellen, James R ^a   Bhigjee, Ahmed I ^a  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunting; Human immunodeficiency virus positive; Outcome; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0034518252     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-200009000-00024     Document Type: Article

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