1477Factors affecting the early clinical response in due course of tuberculous meningitis treatment: Results of Haydarpasa-3 Study
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tuberculous meningitis treatment: Results of Haydarpasa-3 Study Hakan Erdem; Derya Ozturk-Engin; Serap Gencer; Oral Oncul Professor; Hanefi Cem Gul,; Haluk Vahaboglu; Gata Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology Deparment, Istanbul, Turkey; Haydarpasa Numume Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey; Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Medeniyet University, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey and Tuberculous Meningitis Study Group
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