The Spectrum of Central Nervous System Infections in an Adult Referral Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Taylor, Walter R ^a,b   Nguyen, Kinh ^c   Nguyen, Duc ^c   Nguyen, Huyen ^c   Horby, Peter ^a,b   Nguyen, Ha L ^c   Lien, Trinh ^c   Tran, Giang ^c   Tran, Ninh ^c   Nguyen, Ha M ^c   Nguyen, Thai ^c   Nguyen, Ha H ^c   Nguyen, Thanh ^c   Tran, Giap ^c   Farrar, Jeremy ^a,b   de Jong, Menno ^a,b   Schultsz, Constance ^a,b   Tran, Huong ^c   Nguyen, Diep ^c   Vu, Bich ^c   Le, Hoa ^c   Dao, Trinh ^c   Nguyen, Trung ^c   Wertheim, Heiman ^a,b   more..

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIET NAM; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING; ZIEHL NIELSEN STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; LISTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84865575397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042099     Document Type: Article

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