Hydrocephalus in tuberculous meningitis: Incidence, its predictive factors and impact on the prognosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-337

  Raut, Tushar ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Jain, Amita ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Maneesh Kumar ^a   Malhotra, Hardeep Singh ^a   Kohli, Neera ^a   Parihar, Anit ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Meningeal tuberculosis; Stroke; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLEDEMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875551446     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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