Long-term Mortality of Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis in New York City: A Cohort Study | Zendy

Christopher Vinnard | Zendy; Liza King | Zendy; Sonal S. Munsiff | Zendy; Aldo Crossa | Zendy; Kentaro Iwata | Zendy; Jotam G. Pasipanodya | Zendy; Douglas Proops | Zendy; Shama D. Ahuja | Zendy

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Long-term Mortality of Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis in New York City: A Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Christopher Vinnard,

Liza King,

Sonal S. Munsiff,

Aldo Crossa,

Kentaro Iwata,

Jotam G. Pasipanodya,

Douglas Proops,

Shama D. Ahuja

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw763

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , hazard ratio , death certificate , isoniazid , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate , cohort , tuberculous meningitis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , cause of death , cohort study , pediatrics , surgery , confidence interval , disease , pathology

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most devastating clinical presentation of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; delayed initiation of effective antituberculosis therapy is associated with poor treatment outcomes. Our objective was to determine the relationship between drug resistance and 10-year mortality among patients with TBM.

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