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Ten years experience with 497 cases of neuroinfections in tropic: in limited laboratory infrastructure initially treat both, cerebral malaria and meningitis.
- Source :
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Neuro endocrinology letters [Neuro Endocrinol Lett] 2007 Jun; Vol. 28 Suppl 2, pp. 49-50. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Review of 497 cases of neuroinfections in 7 tropical clinics in Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Sudan within 2000-2007 was performed. 97.5% of all cases was cerebral malaria (40.1%) and bacterial meningitis (56.4%). TB meningitis, cerebral cryptococcosis and sleeping sickness were very rare.
- Subjects :
- Africa South of the Sahara epidemiology
Artemether
Artemisinins therapeutic use
Ceftriaxone therapeutic use
Chloramphenicol therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Laboratories supply & distribution
Malaria, Cerebral diagnosis
Malaria, Cerebral drug therapy
Meningitis, Bacterial diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial drug therapy
Quinine therapeutic use
Retrospective Studies
Tropical Medicine
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Antimalarials therapeutic use
Malaria, Cerebral epidemiology
Medically Underserved Area
Meningitis, Bacterial epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0172-780X
- Volume :
- 28 Suppl 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neuro endocrinology letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17558383