Immunologic paradox in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1847-1849

  Kim, Sung Han ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-8; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 73449143494     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00321-09     Document Type: Article

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