Diagnosis of adult tuberculous meningitis by use of clinical and laboratory features

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9342, 2002, Pages 1287-1292

  Thwaites, G E ^a,b   Chau, T T H ^a   Stepniewska, K ^a,b   Phu, N H ^a   Chuong, L V ^a   Sinh, D X ^a   White, N J ^a,b   Parry, C M ^a,b   Farrar, J J ^a,b  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0037180242     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11318-3     Document Type: Article

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