Tuberculous meningitis in childhood: Review of cases observed in the years 1995-1999;La meningite tubercolare in età pediatrica: Considerazioni sui casi osservati negli anni 1995-1999

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 246-250

  Pagliano, Pasquale ^a   Fusco, Ugo ^a   Attanasio, Vittorio ^a   Conte, Marco ^a   Maturo, Nicola ^a   Prejano, Assunta ^a   Rescigno, Carolina ^a   Saverio Faella, Francesco ^a  

^a Centro Neuropatie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Children; M. tuberculosis; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0035682633     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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