Central nervous system tuberculosis: A disease from Papua New Guinea in North Queensland

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ting, Pascallina L C ^a   Norton, Robert ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

central nervous system tuberculosis; meningitis; multidrug resistant tuberculosis; North Queensland; Papua New Guinea; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84874986592     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12107     Document Type: Article

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