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Classification

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NICE has clinically classified tuberculous meningitis according to the following stages:

  • stage I: no clouding of consciousness or focal neurological signs
  • stage II: clouding of consciousness and/or focal neurological signs
  • stage III: coma.

The clinical presentation of TB meningitis is similar regardless of HIV status. (2)

Reference

  1. NICE. Tuberculosis. NICE guideline NG33. Published January 2016, last updated February 2024
  2. Chin JH. Tuberculous meningitis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Neurol Clin Pract. 2014 Jun;4(3):199-205

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