Research Article
Clinical Features and Outcome in Adult Cases of Tuberculous Meningitis in Tertiary Care Hospital in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Table 1
Clinical findings on admission in patients with TBM.
| | Clinical findings | (%) |
| | Fever | 72 (96.0) | | Headache | 58 (77.3) | | Weight loss | 33 (44.0) | | Persistent cough (≥2 weeks) | 22 (29.3) | | Photophobia | 7 (9.3) | | Seizures | 19 (25.3) | | Neck stiffness | 52 (69.3) | | Altered consciousness | 55 (73.3) | | Coma | 6 (8.0) | | Cranial nerve palsy | 13 (17.3) | | Focal neurological signs | 8 (10.7) | | BMC | | | Grade 1 | 13 (17.3) | | Grade 2 | 54 (72.0) | | Grade 3 | 8 (10.7) |
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