Tuberculous meningitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Sinha, Manish Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

BCG vaccination; Dexamethasone; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BCG VACCINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSERINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMPETITION; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; EXUDATE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LIVER TOXICITY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 78751641995     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5744-8     Document Type: Review

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