Usefulness of cranial and chest imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis among infants and young children

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-93

  Kondo, Shinya ^a   Ito, Masaki ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropol Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal meningeal enhancement; Chest radiographic study; Cranial Imaging; Infant; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BCG VACCINATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALAISE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0037325344     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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