Tuberculous meningitis masked by delirium in an alcohol-dependent patient: A case report

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 478-479

  Jebaraj, P ^a   Oommen, M ^a   Thopuram, P ^a   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Delirium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; GAIT DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 27944452691     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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