Profiles of biochemical parameters in central nervous system fluid during the therapeutic courses of adult Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 710-712

  Erdem, Hakan ^a   Aksoy, Bora ^a   Kilic, Selim ^a   Avci, Ismail Yasar ^a   Pahsa, Alaaddin ^a   Eyigun, Can Polat ^a   Besirbellioglu, Bulent ^a   Yaman, Halil ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33746636377     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500447184     Document Type: Article

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