Validation of a diagnostic algorithm for adult tuberculous meningitis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Török, M Estee ^a,b   Nghia, Ho Dang Trung ^c   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^c   Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang ^c   Thwaites, Guy E ^d   Stepniewska, Kasia ^b,e   Farrar, Jeremy J ^a,b  

^a The Hospital for Tropical Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 35748958736     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.555     Document Type: Article

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