Tuberculous Meningitis: Impact of Timing of Treatment Initiation on Mortality.

Open Forum Infect Dis

Emerge, Emerging Diseases and Climate Change Research Unit, School of Public Health and Administration, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

Published: July 2021

We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of adult hospitalized patients with confirmed tuberculous meningitis to determine the impact of the timing of treatment initiation on mortality. The mortality of tuberculous meningitis patients was high and was associated with delay in initiation of treatment, older age, HIV infection, and higher disease severity at admission.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297700PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab345DOI Listing

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