Central nervous system tuberculomas in 23 patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 450-454

  Man, Horea ^a   Sellier, Pierre ^a   Boukobza, Monique ^a   Clevenbergh, Philippe ^a   Diemer, Myriam ^a   Raskine, Laurent ^a   Delcey, Veronique ^a   Shah, Meghna ^b   Simonneau, Guy ^a   Mouly, Stephane ^a   Bergmann, Jean François ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; BRAIN; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77953236710     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365541003598999     Document Type: Article

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