A New Scoring System to Differentially Diagnose and Distinguish Tuberculous Meningitis and Bacterial Meningitis in South China

A New Scoring System to Differentially Diagnose and Distinguish Tuberculous Meningitis and Bacterial Meningitis in South China

BackgroundTuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most serious form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and is characterized by high morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, it is difficult to distinguish TBM from bacterial meningitis (BM) based on clinical features alone...

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Main Authors: An Wen, Shi-Min Liu, Wen-Feng Cao, Yong-Liang Zhou, Chao-Qun Luo, Zheng-bing Xiang, Fan Hu, Ping Zhang, Er-Ling Leng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
tuberculous meningitis
bacterial meningitis
diagnosis
validation
scoring system
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.830969/full

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