Acute cysticercal meningitis - Missed diagnosis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 835-837

  Mishra, Devendra ^a,b   Sharma, Suvasini ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Das, Manoja ^a   Chauhan, Dinesh ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 163 Sahyog Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

CSF analysis; CSF eosinophilia; Lumbar puncture; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALBENDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CYSTICERCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGES; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 33749453904     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02790397     Document Type: Article

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