Cerebellar abscess and syringomyelia due to isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-89

  Ersoy, Yasemin ^a   Ates, Ozkan ^a   Onal, Cagatay ^a   But, Ayse Dinc ^a   Cayli, Suleyman Rustu ^a   Bayindir, Yasar ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebellar brain abscess; Isoniazid resistance; Syringomyelia; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOPIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; STAINING; SYRINGOMYELIA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; ISONIAZID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 33751337112     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.12.039     Document Type: Article

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