Nested polymerase chain reaction for assessing the clinical course of tuberculous meningitis

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1789-1793

  Takahashi, T ^a   Nakayama, Tomohiro ^a   Tamura, M ^a   Ogawa, K ^a   Tsuda, H ^a   Morita, A ^a   Hara, M ^a   Togo, M ^a   Shiota, H ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Minami, M ^a   Ishikawa, H ^a   Miki, K ^a   Shikata, E ^a   Takahashi, S ^a   Kuragano, T ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Sawada, S ^b   Mizutani, T ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 21044434876     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000162052.13838.B2     Document Type: Article

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