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SUBMITTER: Wang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4855176 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Ting T Feng Guo-Dong GD Pang Yu Y Liu Jia-Yun JY Zhou Yang Y Yang Yi-Ning YN Dai Wen W Zhang Lin L Li Qiao Q Gao Yu Y Chen Ping P Zhan Li-Ping LP Marais Ben J BJ Zhao Yan-Lin YL Zhao Gang G
Scientific reports 20160504
The clinical and mycobacterial features of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) cases in China are not well described; especially in western provinces with poor tuberculosis control. We prospectively enrolled patients in whom TBM was considered in Shaanxi Province, northwestern China, over a 2-year period (September 2010 to December 2012). Cerebrospinal fluid specimens were cultured for Mycobacterium tuberculosis; with phenotypic and genotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST), as well as genotyping of ...[more]