Update on the diagnosis and management of tuberculous meningitis in children

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-18

  Van Toorn, Ronald ^a   Solomons, Regan ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; THALIDOMIDE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOUS CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; TUBERCULOUS HYDROCEPHALUS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PEDIATRICS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84896346610     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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