Table 1 Characteristics of all patients in this study
Number seen for suspected neurological infectious disease | 242 | |
Confirmed neurological infectious disease | 138 | (57 %) |
Neurological complication of an infectious disease | 17 | (7 %) |
No neurological infection or complication | 87 | (36 %) |
Male | 134 | (55.4 %) |
HIV positive | 57 | (23.6 %) |
Median age (years) | 39 | (IQR 28–52) |
Median length of stay (days) | 8 | (IQR 3–19) |
Inpatients | 231 | |
Outpatients | 11 | |
Outcome: | ||
Full recovery | 149 | |
Sequelae | 53 | |
Death | 9 | |
Missing data (though alive at discharge) | 31 | |