Challenges in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients presenting with central nervous system infections in a resource-limited setting

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Leligdowicz, Aleksandra ^a   Katwere, Michael ^b   Piloya, Theresa ^b   Ronald, Allan ^b   Kambugu, Andrew ^b   Katabira, Elly ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CNS infections; Cryptococcal Meningitis; HIV; Primary CNS Lymphoma; Toxoplasmosis; Tuberculous Meningitis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIURETIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; FUROSEMIDE; ISONIAZID; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUININE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOTIC MENINGITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UGANDA;

EID: 33645321853     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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