Feasibility and usefulness of tele-follow-up in the patients with tuberculous meningitis | Zendy

Jayantee Kalita | Zendy; Prakash C. Pandey | Zendy; Ruchi Shukla | Zendy; U. K. Misra | Zendy

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Feasibility and usefulness of tele-follow-up in the patients with tuberculous meningitis

Author(s) -

Jayantee Kalita,

Prakash C. Pandey,

Ruchi Shukla,

U. K. 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.

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