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Table 2 Clinical presentation of 146 patients with HIV infection and seizure presented to Tikur Anbessa Specialize Hospital

From: Seizure in HIV-infected patients: clinical presentation, cause and treatment outcome in Ethiopia—a retrospective study

Symptom/sign

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Headache

111

76

Change in mentation

111

76

Fever

96

65.8

Focal deficit

  

All types

75

51.4

Hemiparesis/plegia

44

30.1

MCN* deficit

9

6.2

Paraparesis/plegia

3

2

Monoparesis/plegia

3

2

Quadriparesis/plegia

2

1.4

Triparesis/plegia

1

0.7

Meningeal irritation sign

55

37.7

Papilledema

17

11.6

hemiballismus

2

1.4

  1. MCN multiple cranial nerve deficit