Spectrum of central nervous system infections in a tertiary health care centre in Cameroon.

Daniel Gams MassiMarcel Roger Rodrigue Mintyene MintyeneAnnick Mélanie MagnerouSeraphine Mojoko EkoCaroline KenmegneSalomon MbahePrince Eliot Sounga BandzouziHugo Bertrand Mbatchou NgahaneNjankouo Yacouba Mapoure

Published in: The Egyptian journal of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery (2022)

Clinical presentations of CNS infections are same with classical data. HIV-related opportunistic infections are the main aetiologies. About one over four patients with CNS died. Two thirds of CSF are sterile using basic laboratory assessment giving a need to identify simple tests to increase sensibility and specificity of diagnostic tools in our setting.

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