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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