Intracranial tuberculomas developing while on therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 795-801

  Nicolls, Deborah J ^a,e   King, Mark ^b   Holland, David ^c   Bala, Jennifer ^d   Del Rio, Carlos ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boulder Community Hospital   (United States)

^c Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness   (United States)

^d Morton Plant Hospital   (United States)

^e Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GLYCEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; ISONIAZID; MANNITOL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMNOLENCE; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 28044437554     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70299-1     Document Type: Review

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