Sensitivity and specificity of an index for the diagnosis of TB meningitis in patients in an urban teaching hospital in Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1042-1046

  Checkley, Anna M ^a,b   Njalale, Yasin ^a   Scarborough, Matthew ^a   Zjilstra, Eduard E ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cryptococcal meningitis; Diagnosis; Malawi; Meningeal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERUM; TEACHING; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; MALAWI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 48349083525     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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