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Table 2 Clinical data in definite TBM patients

From: HMGB1 level in cerebrospinal fluid as a complimentary biomarker for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Case no.

Year

Sex

Complains

Lab outcome

HMGB1 (pg/ml)

41

34

F

Cough, fever for 1 month

PCR

19.96

48

20

M

Headache, dizziness for 1 month, with mild nuchal rigidity

PCR

68.80

51

21

F

Fever, chest pain for 2 months, with nuchal rigidity

Acid-fast staining and PCR

51.71

60

21

F

Headache for 1 month

PCR

79.32

97

48

M

Treated for pulmonary tuberculosis for 7 months, complained for intermittent headache and malaise for 1 month

Culture

31.08

113

20

M

Treated for pulmonary tuberculosis for 7 months

Culture

23.96

132

24

F

Fever for 2 months, and brain MRI shows multiple cerebellar tuberculoma

PCR

21.06

140

14

F

Treated for pulmonary tuberculosis for 8 months, and brain MRI shows multiple tuberculoma

Culture

23.71

176

20

M

Treated for pulmonary tuberculosis for 10 months, and brain MRI shows vascular lesions

PCR

17.92