Tuberculous meningitis and miliary tuberculosis in young children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-313

  Van Den Bos, F ^a,b   Terken, M ^a,b   Ypma, L ^a,b   Kimpen, J L L ^b   Nel, E D ^c,d   Schaaf, H S ^c,d   Schoeman, J F ^c,d   Donald, P R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Paediatrics and Child Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Miliary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEDIASTINUM; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 1342280400     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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