Diagnosis and therapy of tuberculous meningitis in children

Tuberculosis

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 377-383

  Principi, Nicola ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Meningitis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMIKACIN; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHIONAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84865466959     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.05.011     Document Type: Review

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