A case report about a child with drug-resistant tuberculous meningitis
Abstract Background Hematogenous disseminated tuberculosis predisposes to concurrent tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most devastating and disabling form of tuberculosis. However, children often have atypical clinical symptoms, difficulty in specimen collection, low specimen content, and an increas...
Main Authors: | Jing Tong, Mengqiu Gao, Yu Chen, Jie Wang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-02-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-07990-x |
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