Devastating yet treatable complication of tuberculous meningitis: The resistant TB abscess

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1105-1106

  Andronikou, Savvas ^a,c   Greyling, Petrus J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Hospital Rd Greenpoint   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CT; Granuloma; Meningitis; Seizure; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN SIZE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 68349097550     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0808-8     Document Type: Article

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