From: Extremely high levels of central nervous system involvement in miliary tuberculosis
Methods | CSF normal (n = 92) | CSF abnormal (n = 146) | P values* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
With CNS diagnosis (n = 57) | Without CNS diagnosis (n = 35) | Total | |||
Fever | 32 (91.43%) | 50 (87.72%) | 82 (89.13%) | 140 (95.89%) | 0.043 |
Cough | 20 (57.14%) | 28 (49.12%) | 48 (52.17%) | 57 (39.04%) | 0.047 |
Weight loss | 15 (42.86%) | 23 (40.35%) | 38 (44.19%) | 61 (41.78%) | 0.942 |
Headache | 6 (17.14%) | 20 (35.09%) | 26 (28.26%) | 108 (73.97%) | < 0.001 |
Vomiting | 3 (8.57%) | 10 (17.54%) | 13 (14.13%) | 66 (45.21%) | < 0.001 |
Confusion | 0 | 2 (3.51%) | 2 (2.33%) | 42 (28.77%) | < 0.001 |
Altered consciousness | 0 | 5 (8.77%) | 5 (5.81%) | 22 (15.07%) | 0.022 |
Convulsion | 0 | 3 (5.26%) | 3 (3.49%) | 6 (4.11%) | 0.738 |
Seizures | 0 | 1 (1.75%) | 1 (1.16%) | 2 (1.44%) | 0.849 |
Meningeal sign | 1 (2.86%) | 5 (8.77%) | 6 (6.52%) | 45 (30.82%) | < 0.001 |
Cranial nerve palsy | 2 (5.71%) | 2 (3.51%) | 4 (4.65%) | 21 (14.38%) | 0.014 |
Coma | 0 | 2 (3.51%) | 2 (2.33%) | 10 (6.85%) | 0.108 |
Paraplegia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (5.48%) | 0.022 |