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Clinical predictors of treatment outcome in Melanesian adults with Tuberculous Meningitis at the Kundiawa General Hospital in Papua New Guinea

2022-09-04

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<h4>Background</h4> Tuberculous meningitis is the most severe form of extrapulmonary TB and accounted for 5% of 10 million global TB cases in the WHO 2018 report, with mortality as high as 19% in children and 30% in adults. Clinicians in resource-poor settings are often challenged by limited diagnostic and therapeutic options for optimal patient care, and often rely on clinical parameters for diagnosis, treatment,...

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DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.03.22279565

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