Paradoxical response to chemotherapy in neurotuberculosis

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 214-222

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Prakash, Mahesh ^a   Jha, Sanjeev ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antitubercular chemotherapy, paradoxical response; Intracranial tuberculoma; Neurotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLOSERINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PARADOXICAL DRUG REACTION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33646895670     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092357     Document Type: Article

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