Prediction of neurologic sequelae in childhood tuberculous meningitis: A review of 20 cases and proposal of a novel scoring system

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Saitoh, Akihiko ^a   Pong, Alice ^b   Waecker Jr , Norman J ^c   Leake, John A D ^b   Nespeca, Mark P ^b   Bradley, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS ACUTE NEUROLOGIC SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 14944355938     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000154321.61866.2d     Document Type: Review

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