Validation of diagnostic algorithm to differentiate between tuberculous meningitis and acute bacterial meningitis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 639-644

  Vibha, Deepti ^a   Bhatia, Rohit ^a   Prasad, Kameshwar ^a   Srivastava, M V Padma ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a   Kumar, Guresh ^a   Singh, Mamta Bhushan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Meningitis, Bacterial; Tuberculosis, Meningeal; Validation

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CARBON; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84862011509     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.12.033     Document Type: Article

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