Tuberculous meningitis in adults - experience from Turkey - Concepedia

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Tuberculous meningitis in adults - experience from Turkey

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Arif Atahan Çağatay, Halit Özsüt, Leyla Gulec, S. Serdar Kucukoglu, Hande Berk, Nevin İnce, Bülent Ertuğrul, Selçuk Aksöz, D. Akal, Haluk Eraksoy,

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Abstract

Prolonged duration of pre-existing symptoms and female gender are predictors of neurological sequelae of TM. Early identification of such patients and prompt initiation of anti-tuberculosis therapy may improve their outcome.

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