From: Extremely high levels of central nervous system involvement in miliary tuberculosis
Characteristics | Overall | Undergo investigations for CNS TB | Without investigations for CNS TB | P values |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 392 | 282 | 110 | |
Sex | 0.167 | |||
Male | 217 (55.36) | 150 (53.19) | 67 (60.91) | |
Female | 175 (44.64) | 132 (46.81) | 43 (39.09) | |
Age, median (range), year | 36 (15–87) | 27 (15–83) | 42 (16–87) | < 0.001 |
Age categories years | ||||
15–18 | 18 (4.59) | 14 (4.96) | 4 (3.64) | |
18–39 | 208 (53.06) | 161 (57.09) | 47 (42.73) | |
40–59 | 74 (18.88) | 53 (18.79) | 21 (19.09) | |
> 60 | 92 (23.47) | 54 (19.15) | 38 (34.55) | |
HIV status | – | |||
Negative | 392 (100.00) | 282 (100.00) | 110 (100.00) | |
Positive | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Presenting symptoms | ||||
Fever | 355 (90.56) | 259 (91.84) | 96 (87.27) | 0.164 |
Cough | 183 (46.68) | 137 (48.58) | 46 (41.82) | 0.228 |
Weight loss | 149 (38.01) | 107 (37.94) | 42 (38.18) | 0.965 |
Headache | 158 (40.31) | 147 (52.13) | 11 (10.00) | < 0.001 |
Vomiting | 98 (25.00) | 97 (34.40) | 1 (0.91) | < 0.001 |
Confusion | 61 (15.56) | 48 (17.02) | 13 (11.82) | 0.202 |
Altered consciousness | 31 (7.91) | 20 (7.09) | 11 (10.00) | 0.338 |
Convulsion | 12 (3.06) | 9 (3.19) | 3 (2.73) | 0.811 |
Seizures | 8 (2.04) | 8 (2.84) | 0 (0.00) | 0.074 |
Meningeal sign | 67 (17.09) | 60 (21.28) | 7 (6.36) | < 0.001 |
Cranial nerve palsy | 42 (10.71) | 36 (12.77) | 6 (5.45) | 0.035 |
Coma | 16 (4.08) | 16 (5.67) | 0 (0.00) | 0.011 |
Paraplegia | 9 (2.30) | 6 (2.13) | 3 (2.73) | 0.722 |