Dexamethasone in tuberculous meningitis. Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid effects to therapeutic efficacy

Ann Intern Med. 1969 Jan;70(1):39-48. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-70-1-39.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Brain Edema / drug therapy
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Glucose / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Humans
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / mortality

Substances

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins
  • Dexamethasone
  • Glucose