Predictors of mortality in tuberculous meningitis: A multivariate analysis of 160 cases

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1330-1335

  Yasar, Kadriye Kart ^a   Pehlivanoglu, F ^a   Sengoz, G ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Death; Meningitis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Predictor; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957098068     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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