Diagnosing tuberculous meningitis - have we made any progress?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 783-793

  Ho, Jennifer ^a   Marais, Ben J ^b,c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,b   Ralph, Anna P ^b,d,e  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Sydney Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity Institute   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Novel diagnostics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURNAROUND TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84878126512     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12099     Document Type: Review

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