Clinical, laboratory and radiological indicators for the early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children

Pakistan Paediatric Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Sultan, Tipu ^a,b   Malik, Muhammad Akbar ^a   Khan, Malik Muhammad Nazik ^a   Ahmed, Tahir Masood ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infections; Encephalitis; Meningitis; Tuberculoma; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ISONIAZID; MANNITOL; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 77952299313     PISSN: 03044904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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