| chronic meningitis in thailand. clinical characteristics, laboratory data and outcome in patients with specific reference to tuberculosis and cryptococcosis. | the charts of 114 consecutive patients with chronic meningitis admitted to a general hospital in bangkok, thailand, between 1993 and 1999 were retrospectively reviewed. the most common causative agents were cryptococcus neoformans (54%) and mycobacterium tuberculosis (37%). hiv and other underlying diseases had a major impact on the presentation of chronic cryptococcal meningitis patients. compared to hiv-negative cryptococcal meningitis patients (21%), hiv-positives (79%) had a significantly lo ... | 2006 | 16254452 |
| streptococcus suis meningitis in thailand. | streptococcus suis may be the second most common cause of adult streptococcal meningitis. the clinical and epidemiological data of s. suis meningitis are occasionally reviewed. to date, there have been only two large case series from hong kong and the netherlands. we describe twelve cases of s. suis meningitis who were admitted to chulalongkorn university hospital, bangkok, during a 6-year period between 1997 and 2002. a comparative review of case reports of s. suis meningitis in thailand, hong ... | 2004 | 15916083 |