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ArticleCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2016

Chronic Meningitis: Simplifying a Diagnostic Challenge.

Kelly Baldwin, Chris Whiting

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Article in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Chronic Meningitis.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kelly BaldwinGeisinger Health System, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA, 17822, USA. kjbaldwin@geisinger.edu.
Chris WhitingGeisinger Health System, 100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA, 17822, USA. cjwhiting@geisinger.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic meningitis can be a diagnostic dilemma for even the most experienced clinician. Many times, the differential diagnosis is broad and encompasses autoimmune, neoplastic, and infectious etiologies. This review will focus on a general approach to chronic meningitis to simplify the diagnostic challenges many clinicians face. The article will also review the most common etiologies of chronic meningitis in some detail including clinical presentation, diagnostic testing, treatment, and outcomes. By using a case-based approach, we will focus on the key elements of clinical presentation and laboratory analysis that will yield the most rapid and accurate diagnosis in these complicated cases.

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MeningitisAdultAgedChronic DiseaseDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCandida albicansChronic meningitisCryptococcusLeptomeningeal carcinomatosisMeningitisTuberculosis

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