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. 2020 Jul 29;11:1837. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01837

TABLE 2.

Clinical presentations of 110 cryptococcal meningitis subjects with or without underlying diseases.

Presentations Total (n = 110) Percent Subjects with underlying diseases (n = 66), No. % Previously healthy subjects (n = 44), No. % p
Headache 85 77.3 49 72.2 36 81.8 0.353
Fever/chill 52 47.3 32 48.5 20 45.5 0.755
Stiff neck 45 40.9 22 33.3 23 52.3 0.048#
Nausea/vomiting 32 29.1 16 24.2 16 36.4 0.17
Klinefelter 23 20.9 10 15.2 13 29.6 0.069
Dizziness 10 9.1 5 7.6 5 11.4 0.498
Altered mental status 10 9.1 6 9.1 4 9.1 1
Visual disturbance 10 9.1 3 4.6 7 15.9 0.042#
Brinell sign 8 7.3 3 4.6 5 11.4 0.177
Palsies 6 5.5 3 4.6 3 6.8 0.607
Speech difficulties 5 4.6 3 4.6 2 4.6 1
Unstable walking 5 4.6 2 3.0 3 6.8 0.35
Hemiplegia 2 1.8 2 3.0 0 0 0.244
Seizures 1 0.9 0 0 1 2.3 0.412
Septic shock 1 0.9 1 1.5 0 0 0.412

#p < 0.05.