Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis

Central nervous system tuberculosis (TB) was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical features (encephalitic symptoms, rapid onset, age) and diagnostic challenges (insensitive cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] TB PCR result, elevated CSF gl...

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Autores principales: Christie, Laura J., Loeffler, Ann M., Honarmand, Somayeh, Flood, Jennifer M., Baxter, Roger, Jacobson, Susan, Alexander, Rick, Glaser, Carol A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760024
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070264
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author Christie, Laura J.
Loeffler, Ann M.
Honarmand, Somayeh
Flood, Jennifer M.
Baxter, Roger
Jacobson, Susan
Alexander, Rick
Glaser, Carol A.
author_facet Christie, Laura J.
Loeffler, Ann M.
Honarmand, Somayeh
Flood, Jennifer M.
Baxter, Roger
Jacobson, Susan
Alexander, Rick
Glaser, Carol A.
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description Central nervous system tuberculosis (TB) was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical features (encephalitic symptoms, rapid onset, age) and diagnostic challenges (insensitive cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] TB PCR result, elevated CSF glucose levels in patients with diabetes, negative result for tuberculin skin test) complicated diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-26030832009-01-13 Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis Christie, Laura J. Loeffler, Ann M. Honarmand, Somayeh Flood, Jennifer M. Baxter, Roger Jacobson, Susan Alexander, Rick Glaser, Carol A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Central nervous system tuberculosis (TB) was identified in 20 cases of unexplained encephalitis referred to the California Encephalitis Project. Atypical features (encephalitic symptoms, rapid onset, age) and diagnostic challenges (insensitive cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] TB PCR result, elevated CSF glucose levels in patients with diabetes, negative result for tuberculin skin test) complicated diagnosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2603083/ /pubmed/18760024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070264 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Christie, Laura J.
Loeffler, Ann M.
Honarmand, Somayeh
Flood, Jennifer M.
Baxter, Roger
Jacobson, Susan
Alexander, Rick
Glaser, Carol A.
Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
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title_fullStr Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
title_short Diagnostic Challenges of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
title_sort diagnostic challenges of central nervous system tuberculosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603083/
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