Update on Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 745-754

  Thwaites, Guy E ^a   Schoeman, Johan F ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hydrocephalus; Pathology; Pathophysiology; Treatment; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HYALURONIDASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANASTOMOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 71849114239     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.08.018     Document Type: Review

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