Diagnostic challenges of central nervous system tuberculosis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1473-1475

  Christie, Laura J ^a,b,e,h   Loeffler, Ann M ^c,d   Honarmand, Somayeh ^a   Flood, Jennifer M ^a   Baxter, Roger ^e   Jacobson, Susan ^f   Alexander, Rick ^g   Glaser, Carol A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d Francis J Curry National Tuberculosis Center   (United States)

^e Oakland Medical Center   (United States)

^f Kaiser Fremont Medical Center   (United States)

^g Research and Evaluation Unit   (United States)

^h VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 50849125747     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.070264     Document Type: Article

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