Ocurrence of hydrocephalus in tuberculous meningitis and its effect on the survival and recovery.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/003069
- Lead Sponsor
- il
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Patients will be included in the study- Applying criteria given by Shankar et al
Fever , headache, signs of meningismus and other clinical presentations of meningitis lasted for more than 2 weeks.
Typical cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) features including pleocytosis with more than 20 cells, lymphocytes greater than 60%, protein greater than 100mg% and glucose level less than 60% of the corresponding blood glucose level.
Sterile bacterial and fungal culture
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who have already taken ATT for more than 3 months.
2. Patients with cryptococcal meningitis
3. Any other cause for meningitis detected during the course of therapy.
4. If the consent is not available or problematic follow up is anticipated.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Glasgow coma scale,disability as per modified barthal's index,MRC staging of TBM.Timepoint: 0,1,3 AND 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method nilTimepoint: nil