Tuberculous meningitis in adults - Experience from Turkey

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-473

  Çagatay, A Atahan ^a,c   Ozsut, H ^a   Gulec, L ^a   Kucukoglu, S ^a   Berk, H ^a   Ince, N ^b   Ertugrul, B ^a   Aksoz, S ^a   Akal, D ^a   Eraksoy, H ^a   Calangu, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Cranial Tomography; Famale gender; Mortality; Neurological sequelae; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 2942736849     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00148.x     Document Type: Review

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