Applying a consensus case definition to patients with confirmed tuberculous meningitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hristea, Adriana ^a,b   Olaru, Ioana D ^a  

^a Professor Dr Matei Bals National Institute of Infectious Diseases   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSENSUS; COUGHING; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT CODING; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84866438372     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.04.013     Document Type: Letter

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