Open AccessRole of the BACTEC radiometric method in the evaluation of patients with clinically probable tuberculous meningitis
Author(s) -
Jalesh Panicker,
D Nagaraja,
D. K. Subbakrishna,
Venkataswamy Mm,
A Chandramuki
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.64637
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculous meningitis , tuberculoma , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , hydrocephalus , meningitis , cerebrospinal fluid , surgery , pathology
Confirmation of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and initiation of treatment are often delayed due to limitations in isolating Mycobacterium tuberculosis from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).