The microbiological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis: Results of Haydarpasa-1 study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages O600-O608

  Erdem, H ^a   Ozturk Engin, D ^a   Elaldi, N ^b   Gulsun, S ^c   Sengoz, G ^d   Crisan, A ^e   Johansen, I S ^f   Inan, A ^a   Nechifor, M ^g   Al Mahdawi, A ^h   Civljak, R ⁱ   Ozguler, M ^j   Savic, B ^k   Ceran, N ^a   Cacopardo, B ^l   Inal, A S ^m   Namiduru, M ⁿ   Dayan, S ^o   Kayabas, U ^p   Parlak, E ^q   Khalifa, A ^r   Kursun, E ^s   Sipahi, O R ^t   Yemisen, M ^u   Akbulut, A ^j   Bitirgen, M ^v   Dulovic, O ^k   Kandemir, B ^v   Luca, C ^g   Parlak, M ^q   Stahl, J P ^w   Pehlivanoglu, F ^d   Simeon, S ^x   Ulu Kilic, A ^y   Yasar, K ^z   Yilmaz, G ^aa   Yilmaz, E ^ab   Beovic, B ^ac   Catroux, M ^ad   Lakatos, B ^ae   Sunbul, M ^af   Oncul, O ^a   Alabay, S ^y   Sahin Horasan, E ^ag   Kose, S ^ah   Shehata, G ^ai   Andre, K ^aj   Alp, A ^ak   Cosic G ^al   Cem Gul, H ^am   Karakas, A ^am   Chadapaud, S ^an   Hansmann, Y ^ao   Harxhi, A ^ap   Kirova, V ^aq   Masse Chabredier, I ^ar   Oncu, S ^as   Sener, A ^at   Tekin, R ^o   Deveci, O ^o   Karabay, O ^au   Agalar, C ^av   more..

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^h BAGHDAD TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Iraq)

ⁱ Ministarstva Zdravstva i Socijalne Skrbi RH   (Croatia)

^j FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^m CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

ⁿ GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^o DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^p INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^q ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^r Damascus Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^s BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^t EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^u ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^w GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^x PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^y ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^z BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^aa ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ab ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ac UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^ad POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^ae Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

^af ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^ag MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^ah Tepecik Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^ai ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^aj Department of Infectious Diseases Dax Hospital   (France)

^ak HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^al UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^am GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^an Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^ao UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^ap UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^aq University Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions   (Macedonia)

^ar Department of Infectious Diseases Aurillac Hospital   (France)

^as ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^at ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^au SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^av FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

PCR; Culture; Diagnosis; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED CULTURE SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROATIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EGYPT; EHRLICH ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IMMUNOLOGY TEST KIT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAQ; ITALY; LOWENSTEIN JENSEN MEDIUM; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; STAINING; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913605718     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12478     Document Type: Article

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