Adalimumab treatment may replace or enhance the activity of steroids in steroid-refractory tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-557

  Lee, Ho Su ^a   Lee, Yumi ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Paradoxical reaction; Steroid refractory; Tuberculosis; Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DETERIORATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL DRUG REACTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SOMNOLENCE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84865137973     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0334-y     Document Type: Article

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