Predictors for outcome and treatment delay in patients with tuberculous meningitis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Sheu, Jau Jiuan ^a,b   Yuan, Rey Yue ^a,b   Yang, Chih Chao ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Outcome; Treatment delay; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 69349105559     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a590f1     Document Type: Article

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