Thwaites' diagnostic scoring and the prediction of tuberculous meningitis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-154

  Sunbul, Mustafa ^a   Atilla, Aynur ^a   Esen, Saban ^a   Eroglu, Cafer ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Thwaites' diagnostic score; Tuberculous meningitis; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 18644364742     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084631     Document Type: Article

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