Tuberculous meningitis diagnosis and outcomes during the Xpert MTB/Rif era: a 6.5-year cohort study in Uganda

Background: Tuberculous meningitis (TBM), a leading cause of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, is notoriously difficult to diagnose. In our Ugandan setting TB diagnostics have evolved rapidly in recent years, with introduction of Xpert MTB/Rif (Xpert) in 2011 and culture in 2013. We aim to describe...

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Pubblicato in:Wellcome Open Res
Autori principali: Cresswell, Fiona V., Bangdiwala, Ananta S., Bahr, Nathan C., Trautner, Emily, Nuwagira, Edwin, Ellis, Jayne, Rajasingham, Radha, Rhein, Joshua, Williams, Darlisha A., Muzoora, Conrad, Elliott, Alison M., Meya, David B., Boulware, David R.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: F1000 Research Limited 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6039934/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30027125
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14610.2
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