Tuberculous meningitis in HIV-infected patients in Brazil: clinical and laboratory characteristics and factors associated with mortality

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Croda, Mariana G ^a   Vidal, José E ^a,b   Hernández, Adrián V ^c   Dal Molin, Tiago ^a   Gualberto, Felipe A ^a   Oliveira, Augusto C Penalva de ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Brazil; Central nervous system; Diagnosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TACHYCARDIA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CHILD; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953289690     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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