Tuberculous meningitis (TBM): complications

Cognitive complications

• Tuberculous encephalopathy
• Border-zone encephalitis in children
• Cognitive impairment
• Learning difficulty in children
• Persistent vegetative state
• Coma

Ischaemic stroke: predictors

Intracranial haemorrhage

Epilepsy: predictors

Spinal complications

Optochiasmatic arachnoiditis

Other neurological complications

Endocrine complications

Poor prognostic factors

References

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