Seizure heralding tuberculous meningitis

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-333

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b   Ausserer, Harald ^b   Zuccoli, Giulio ^c   Tezzon, Frediano ^b   Nardone, Raffaele ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute symptomatic seizure; EEG; Heraldic seizure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETIRACETAM; GADOLINIUM; ISONIAZID; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; APATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; BRAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84867423071     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0516     Document Type: Note

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