Location of the lesion and the cerebrospinal fluid findings in tuberculous meningitis: Differences in the lumbar, cisternal and ventricular compartiments;Localização da lesão e achados do líquido cefalorraqueano na meningite tuberculosa: Diferenças nos compartimentos lombar, cisternal e ventricular

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 2 B, 2005, Pages 543-547

  Heringer, Rafael R ^a   Fernandes, Luís Eduardo B C ^b   Gonçalves, Reizer Reis ^c   Puccioni Sohler, Marzia ^a,b,d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Laboratório Neurolife   (Brazil)

^e HUCFF UFRJ ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cisternal CSF; CSF; CSF flow blocked; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FOLINIC ACID; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 21744444612     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000300035     Document Type: Article

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