Initial Antituberculous Regimen with Better Drug Penetration into Cerebrospinal Fluid Reduces Mortality in HIV Infected Patients with Tuberculous Meningitis: Data from an HIV Observational Cohort Study

Tuberculous meningitis (TM) is the deadliest form of tuberculosis. Nearly two-thirds of HIV infected patients with TM die, and most deaths occur within one month. Current treatment of TM involves the use of drugs with poor penetration into the cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF). In this study, we present th...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alvarez-Uria, Gerardo, Midde, Manoranjan, Pakam, Raghavakalyan, Naik, Praveen Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3753756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/242604

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares