Multidrug-resistant tuberculous meningitis in patients with AIDS

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 394-398

  Daikos, George L ^a,b   Cleary, T ^a   Rodriguez, A ^a   Fischl, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

HIV; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12444341805     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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