Tuberculous meningitis in Denmark: A review of 50 cases

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Christensen, Anne Sophie H ^a   Andersen, Åse B ^a   Thomsen, Vibeke T ^b   Andersen, Peter H ^b   Johansen, Isik S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINX; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951791620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-47     Document Type: Article

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