title: [Determination of tuberculostearic acid--progress in early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis].
abstract: Rapid diagnosis of cerebral tuberculous meningitis is of the greatest importance in determining the outcome of therapy. Since tubercle bacilli are often not seen on microscopy of the cerebrospinal fluid, and culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis takes many weeks, there is a need for more rapid and sensitive confirmatory tests. The importance of the detection of tuberculostearic acid in the cerebrospinal fluid in combination with magnet resonance imaging will be shown in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luef
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soucek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Birbamer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kampfl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmutzhard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D013229:Stearic Acids; C026082:tuberculostearic acid
vernacular_title: Tuberkulostearinsäurebestimmung--ein Fortschritt in der Frühdiagnostik der tuberkulösen Meningitis.