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  • Title: Improving the bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.
    Author: Thwaites GE, Chau TT, Farrar JJ.
    Journal: J Clin Microbiol; 2004 Jan; 42(1):378-9. PubMed ID: 14715783.
    Abstract:
    We made a bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in 107 of 132 (81%) adults with clinical tuberculous meningitis: acid-fast bacilli were seen in 77 of 132 (58%) and cultured from 94 of 132 (71%). Volume of cerebrospinal fluid, duration of symptoms, cerebrospinal fluid neutrophils, lactate, and glucose were all independently associated with bacteriological confirmation.
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