Clinical presentations, diagnosis, mortality and prognostic markers of tuberculous meningitis in Vietnamese children: a prospective descriptive study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and outcomes of 100 childhood TBM patients

Symptoms and signs	Number affected (%)		Median duration in days (range)
Fever	96/97 (99 %)		23; (6–96)
Vomiting	76/100 (76 %)		13; (1–96)
Weight loss	59/98 (60 %)		15.5; (7–90)
Confusion	15/100 (15 %)		10.4; (2–30)
Unconsciousness	27/100 (27 %)		5.3; (1–16)
Headache^a	49/55 (89 %)		21; (4–66)
Fits	39/100 (39 %)		8.5; (1–35)
Neck stiffness	75/100 (75 %)
Hemiparesis/Hemiplegia	20/98 (20 %)
Paraparesis/paraplegia	6/98 (6 %)
Monoplegia	4/98 (4 %)
Quadriplegia	2/98 (2 %)
II nerve involvement	3/98 (3 %)
III nerve palsy	4/98 (4 %)
VI nerve palsy	20/98 (20 %)
VII nerve palsy	7/98 (7 %)
Anemia (Hb < 11 g/dL)	46/99 (46 %)
HIV infection	4/96 (4 %)
HBV infection	5/96 (5 %)
MRC Grades >5 years (33)	I: 16 (48 %)	II: 11 (33 %)	III: 6 (18 %)
Blantyre < 5 years (67)	4–5: 43 (64 %)	2–3: 12 (18 %)	0–1: 12 (18 %)
Deaths	15/100 (15 %)
Sequelae
Severe	6/81 (7 %)
Intermediate	21/81 (26 %)

^aUnable to ascertain in 44 due to the age of the child; headache was not assessed for one additional subject

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