The validity of cerebrospinal fluid parameters for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Abstract

Finding CSF ADA greater than 6 U/l in patients with a meningeal syndrome strongly supports a diagnosis of TBM and permits the commencement of anti-tuberculous treatment.

Prediction of cerebrospinal fluid parameters for tuberculous meningitis

“…There is few study focus on the validity of the cut-off value of the Lancet consensus of scoring system for the diagnosis of TBM. [4][5][6][7][8] So we aimed to evaluate the significance of the CSF parameters in early diagnosis of TBM according to the Lancet consensus of scoring system.…”

Human immunodeficiency virus in patients with tuberculous meningitis: systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…A total of 1099 articles were found in the initial search, of which 485 records were screened by title and abstract, and 20 studies were included in the final analysis [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] ( Figure 1). Table 1 of the included studies.…”

Characteristics of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Tuberculous Meningitis Patients with Hydrocephalus

“…3,8,9 The inflammation response of T cell as TBM pathogenesis is demonstrated through the predominance of lymphocytes in microscopic examination of CSF, as seen in previous studies and this study. 5,[10][11][12][13] Marais et al 3 stated that a diagnosis criteria of chemical examination of CSF includes an increase in CSF protein (>100 mg/dL). This study shows the amount of CSF protein was not greater than 100 mg/dL as stated in the criteria diagnosis by Marais et al 3 However, the median CSF protein was in accordance with previous studies stating that the mean CSF protein was not more than 100 mg/dL despite the increase of the CSF protein value when compared to the normal value.…”