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Treatment Outcomes in Adult Tuberculous Meningitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Anna M StadelmanJayne P EllisThomas H A SamuelsErnest MutengesaJoanna DobbinKenneth SsebambuliddeMorris K RutakingirwaLillian TugumeDavid R BoulwareDaniel GrintFiona V Cresswell
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)
Mortality in adult TBM is high and varies considerably by continent and HIV status. The highest mortality is among HIV-positive adults in Sub-Saharan Africa. Standardized reporting of treatment outcomes will be essential to improve future data quality and increase potential for data sharing, meta-analyses, and facilitating multicenter tuberculosis research to improve outcomes.
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