Predictors of outcome in patients with tuberculous meningitis.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess predictors of mortality and neurological sequelae in patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM). METHODS: Patients with TBM treated at 12 university hospitals in Turkey between 1985 and 1997 were evaluated using a standardised protocol applied retrospectively. Variables associated with hospital mortality as well as with the presence of neurological sequelae at 6 months were determined using logistic regression models.

Authors

Hosoglu S; Geyik MF; Balik I; Aygen B; Erol S; Aygencel TG; Mert A; Saltoglu N; Dokmetas I; Felek S

Journal

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 64–70

Publication Date

January 2002

ISSN

1027-3719

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Mark Loeb

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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