Improving the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

作者: Guy E Thwaites , Tran Thi Hong Chau , Jeremy J Farrar , None

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.378-379.2004

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摘要: We made a bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in 107 132 (81%) adults with clinical meningitis: acid-fast bacilli were seen 77 (58%) and cultured from 94 (71%). Volume cerebrospinal fluid, duration symptoms, fluid neutrophils, lactate, glucose all independently associated confirmation.

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