Open AccessFeasibility and usefulness of tele-follow-up in the patients with tuberculous meningitis
Author(s) -
Jayantee Kalita,
Pallavi Pandey,
Ruchi Shukla,
Usha Kant Misra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trab069
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculous meningitis , tuberculosis , telephone interview , meningitis , surgery , pediatrics , emergency medicine , social science , pathology , sociology
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of tuberculosis and these patients need close follow-up because of a high frequency of complications. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and lockdown resulted in an interruption in physical follow-up. In this situation, tele-follow-up may be helpful. We report the feasibility and usefulness of a telephonic follow-up in patients with TBM.