Tuberculous meningitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1719-1720

  Donald, Peter R ^a   Schoeman, Johan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BRAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 6044260033     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048227     Document Type: Review

References (2)

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2. Idem. The pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis. Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 1933;52:5-37.