Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-300

  Thwaites, Guy E ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; management; treatment; tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GATIFLOXACIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; ICOSANOID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GENOTYPE; HIV ASSOCIATED TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84877711413     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283602814     Document Type: Review

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