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Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis – Is There a Scope for Further Improvement?

AIMS: Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) still remains a diagnostic challenge because of inconsistent clinical presentation and lack of rapid, sensitive and specific tests. This study was carried out to diagnose TBM by a combination of direct microscopy on Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining, culture by conventio...

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Autores principales: Thakur, Rajeev, Goyal, Renu, Sarma, Smita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21814402
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.66705