Table 2.
Frequency of clinical features of CNS disease in the study population (%).
| N | Head-ache | Focal Signs | fever | Meningeal signs | seizure | Altered sensorium | coma | Altered behaviour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toxoplasma encephalitis |
97 | 90 | 64 | 56 | 15 | 56 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| (92.8) | (66) | (57.7) | (15.5) |
(57.7) | (23.7) | (0.0) | (0.0) | ||
| Cryptococcal meningitis |
75 | 73 | 26 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (97.3) | (34.7) | (0.0) | (62.7) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | ||
| Diffused encephalitis |
57 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| (63.2) | (0.0) | (49.1) | (0.0) | (12.3) | (3.5) | (15.8) | (0.0) | ||
| Tuberculous meningitis |
54 | 40 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| (74.1) | (40.7) | (44.4) | (57.4) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | ||
| ADC | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| (75) | (75) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (50.0) | (75) | (100) | ||
| Bacterial meningitis |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| (0.0) | (0.0) | (100) | (60.0) | (0.0) | (100) | (100) | (0.0) | ||
| PCNSL | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| (1.6) | (3.3) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (100) |