Tuberculous meningitis in Asian patients
Tuberculous meningitis in Asian patients
17 cases of tuberculous meningitis were seen in Leicester hospitals over a 5 year period; 15 of the patients were Asian. Treatment had often been delayed because presentation of the disease was non-specific and the cereobrospinal fluid findings were atypical. The average interval between the onset of symptoms and admission to hospital was 2 weeks (the shortest period was 5 days). Of the 10 patients admitted with disturbance of consciousness 5 died, whereas all 7 who were alert on admission survived. It is essential to exclude tuberculous meningitis in any Asian patient with a persistent febrile illness even if meningism is not evident, since patients who progress to the later stages of the disease often die or are left disabled.
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Asia/ethnology, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, England, Female, Humans, Male, Meningitis, Viral/diagnosis, Middle Aged, Tuberculosis, Meningeal/diagnosis
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Swart, S
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Briggs, R S
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Millac, P A
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4 July 1981
Swart, S
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Briggs, R S
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Millac, P A
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Abstract
17 cases of tuberculous meningitis were seen in Leicester hospitals over a 5 year period; 15 of the patients were Asian. Treatment had often been delayed because presentation of the disease was non-specific and the cereobrospinal fluid findings were atypical. The average interval between the onset of symptoms and admission to hospital was 2 weeks (the shortest period was 5 days). Of the 10 patients admitted with disturbance of consciousness 5 died, whereas all 7 who were alert on admission survived. It is essential to exclude tuberculous meningitis in any Asian patient with a persistent febrile illness even if meningism is not evident, since patients who progress to the later stages of the disease often die or are left disabled.
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Published date: 4 July 1981
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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Asia/ethnology, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, England, Female, Humans, Male, Meningitis, Viral/diagnosis, Middle Aged, Tuberculosis, Meningeal/diagnosis
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Local EPrints ID: 479651
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479651
ISSN: 0140-6736
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R S Briggs
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