Feasibility and diagnostic benefit of increased cerebrospinal fluid volume and frequency in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Sheena Evelyn Ebenezer (مؤلف), Ramya Iyyadurai (مؤلف), Joy Sarojini Michael (مؤلف), O C Abraham (مؤلف), Sowmya Satyendra Sudha Jasmine (مؤلف), K P P Abhihash (مؤلف), Jayaprakash Muliyil (مؤلف), Thambu David Sudarsanam (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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Background: Definite diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) requires demonstration of TB bacilli in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) on smear, culture, or nucleic acid amplification. However, the sensitivity of these tests is low. This study was done to see if smear and culture done on a larger volu...