Risk factors for ischemic stroke in children with tuberculous meningitis.
Regan S SolomonsSarel T NieuwoudtJames A SeddonRonald van ToornPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
A large proportion of children with tuberculous meningitis present with stroke at admission. Of those with no evidence of stroke at admission, a quarter develop stroke by 1 month, suggesting that there could be a brief window in which to give preventive therapy.