Reasons for re-hospitalization in patients with tuberculous meningitis, and its impact on outcome: a prospective observational study.

Manish Ramesh PatilImran RizviRavindra Kumar GargHardeep Singh MalhotraNeeraj KumarRavi UniyalShweta PandeyRajesh VermaPraveen Kumar Sharma

Published in: Acta neurologica Belgica (2022)

Approximately 15% of tuberculous meningitis patients needed re-hospitalization. Paradoxically developed spinal arachnoiditis and opto-chiasmatic arachnoiditis were predominant reasons for re-hospitalization. Re-hospitalization adversely affected the outcome.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
cerebrospinal fluid
spinal cord
prognostic factors
spinal cord injury