[HTML][HTML] Old age and hydrocephalus are associated with poor prognosis in patients with tuberculous meningitis: a retrospective study in a Chinese adult population

HJ Huang, ZZ Ren, YN Dai, YX Tong, DH Yang… - Medicine, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
HJ Huang, ZZ Ren, YN Dai, YX Tong, DH Yang, MJ Chen, YC Huang, MS Wang, JJ Zhang…
Medicine, 2017ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Therefore, we performed a retrospective observational study in Hangzhou to identify
predictors of TBM in a Chinese adult population. In this study, the age of patients with
favorable prognosis was 41.86 ± 14.63, significantly younger than patients with poor
outcomes (mean age 60.70 ± 17.28). Cases with good outcomes had lower levels of CSF
protein, WBC counts than cases with … In conclusion, the study has found that TBM patients
with advanced age and hydrocephalus had higher odds of a poor outcome. In clinical …
Abstract
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most common form of central nervous system tuberculosis with a very poor prognosis. We aimed at assessing risk factors related to the prognosis of patients with TBM.
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