Paradoxical reaction in tuberculous meningitis: Presentation, predictors and impact on prognosis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Singh, Anurag Kumar ^a   Malhotra, Hardeep Singh ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Jain, Amita ^a   Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Kohli, Neera ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Sharma, Praveen Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Optochiasmatic arachnoiditis; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

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

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PARAPLEGIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARACHNOIDITIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975322142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1625-9     Document Type: Article

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