Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 803-812

  Marais, Suzaan ^a   Thwaites, Guy ^c   Schoeman, Johan F ^d   Török, M Estée ^e   Misra, Usha K ^f   Prasad, Kameshwar ^g   Donald, Peter R ^d   Wilkinson, Robert J ^a,b,c,h   Marais, Ben J ^b,d  

^a GF Jooste Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^e CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 78049391917     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70138-9     Document Type: Note

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