Differential diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis from partially-treated pyogenic meningitis by cell ELISA

BMC Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Kainthla, Rani P ^a   Satpute, Ravindra M ^a   Agarwal, Neha P ^a   Chandak, Nitin H ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^b   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 12944262154     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-4-16     Document Type: Article

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