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Table 2 Clinical, laboratory and radiological findings among patients with presumed TBM

From: Tuberculous meningitis: presentation, diagnosis and outcome in hiv-infected patients at the douala general hospital, cameroon: a cross sectional study

Findings

n

% (n/N)

Clinical presentation (N=54)

  

 Headache

40

74.1

 Fever

32

59.3

 Neck stiffness

31

57.4

 Focal signs

22

40.7

CSF findings (N=54)

  

 *Glucose <0.6 g/l

47

87.0

 Proteins >0.5 g/l

54

100

 White cell count (WCC) >5/μL

51

94.4

 Predominantly mononuclear cells in total WCC

40

74.0

 Positive Smear in CSF

1

1.9

CT scan findings (N=34)

  

 Hydrocephalus

24

70.6

 Meningeal contrast enhancement

16

47.1

 Cortical atrophy

4

11.8

Chest X-ray (N=54)

  

 Suspicious of TB

24

44.4

  1. *Normal glucose in CSF considered to be 2/3 serum glucose averagely 1 g/l (0.7 - 1.15).