Cerebral abscess associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and immune reconstitution [1]

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1417-

  Corti, Marcelo ^a   Palmero, Domingo ^a   Trione, Norberto ^a   Semorile, Karin ^a   Yampolsky, Claudio ^a   Ambroggi, Marta ^a   Schtirbu, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CYCLOSERINE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LAMIVUDINE; MEPREDNISONE; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LETTER; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 33845534186     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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