Concomitant tuberculous meningitis and lutembacher syndrome with multiple atrial septal defects and infective endocarditis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 666-668

  Firdous, Samar ^a  

^a MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect (ASD); Infective endocarditis; Lutembacher syndrome; Mitral stenosis; Tuberculous meningitis (TBM)

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; MANNITOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUTEMBACHER SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VANCOMYCIN; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 84868632607     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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