Review Article: Cerebrospinal fluid in human African trypanosomiasis: a key to diagnosis, therapeutic decision and post‐treatment follow‐up
- 28 April 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 10 (5) , 395-403
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01403.x
Abstract
Human African trypanosomiasis is a lethal parasitic infection with neurological involvement. Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays an essential role in diagnosis, selection of treatment and post-treatment follow-up. This paper reviews clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, with emphasis on CSF characteristics and interpretation of the CSF results for therapeutic decision and post-treatment follow-up.Keywords
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