Central nervous tuberculosis in patients non-VIH: Seven case reports;Tuberculose cérébroméningée chez l'adulte séronégatif pour le VIH: À propos de 7 cas

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-85

  Mazodier, K ^a   Bernit, E ^a   Faure, V ^a   Rovery, C ^a   Gayet, S ^a   Seux, V ^a   Donnet, A ^b   Brouqui, P ^c   Disdier, P ^b   Schleinitz, N ^a   Kaplanski, G ^a   Veit, V ^a   Harle J R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU Nord   (France)

Author keywords

Central nervous tuberculosis; Glucocorticoid therapy; Paradoxal reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0344837311     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(02)00715-4     Document Type: Article

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