Duration of anti-tubercular treatment in tuberculous meningitis: Challenges and opportunity

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 723-726

  Prasad, Kameshwar ^a   Sahu, Jitendra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Randomized controlled trial; short term chemotherapy; systematic review; tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 78149374312     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72182     Document Type: Article

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