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Table 4 The presenting symptoms in 238 miliary tuberculosis with lumbar puncture

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

  1. CSF cerebrospinal fluid, CNS central nervous system
  2. There was no significant difference between CSF normal patients with or without CNS involvement groups
  3. *Comparison between CSF normal and abnormal groups