Table 1. Demographic profiles, clinical features and prognoses in non-HIV TBM patients.

Characteristics	Patients (n = 401)
General information
Age, median (IQR)	39	(23, 52)
Male, n (%)	218	54.4
Prior TB, n (%)	105	26.2
Clinical features at admission, n (%)
Symptom
Headache	215	53.6
Fever	195	48.6
Vomiting	78	19.5
Clinical sign
Altered mentation	105	26.2
Seizures	26	6.0
Meningeal signs	100	24.9
Confusion	104	25.9
Coma	40	10.0
Any cranial nerve palsy	36	9.0
Hemiparesis or paraparesis	31	7.7
Laboratory results, n (%)
Smear positive	27	6.7
MTB culture positive	21	5.2
PCR positive	296	73.8
MRI/CT abnormalities, n (%)
Hydrocephalus	18	4.5
Meningeal enhancement	96	23.9
Infarct	13	3.2
Optochiasmatic arachnoiditis	9	2.2
Tuberculoma	69	17.2
Extrameningeal TB	47	11.7
Prognosis, n (%)
Dead	21	5.2
Persistent vegetative state	3	0.7
Severe disability	37	9.2
Moderate disability	42	10.5
Good recovery	298	74.3