Chronic meningitis in Thailand: Clinical characteristics, laboratory data and outcome in patients with specific reference to tuberculosis and cryptococcosis

• Main Authors: R. Helbok, S. Pongpakdee, S. Yenjun, W. Dent, R. Beer, P. Lackner, P. Bunyaratvej, B. Prasert, A. Vejjajiva, E. Schmutzhard
• Other Authors: Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16718
• Institution: Mahidol University

The charts of 114 consecutive patients with chronic meningitis admitted to a general hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, between 1993 and 1999 were retrospectively reviewed. The most common causative agents were Cryptococcus neoformans (54%) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (37%). HIV and other underlying...