Predictors of cerebrospinal fluid GeneXpert MTB/RIF positivity in patients with tuberculous meningitis: A prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Priyanka Gupta, Neeraj Kumar, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Imran Rizvi, Rajesh Verma, Praveen Kumar Sharma, Ravi Uniyal, Shweta Pandey, Amita Jain, Parul Jain
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024
• Subjects: tuberculous meningitis; mycobacterium tuberculosis; cerebrospinal fluid; ziehl-neelsen staining; genexpert; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Rif
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_60_24; https://doaj.org/article/ec831fe9f02341bb9659762709dea6c9

Objective: To identify the clinical, laboratory, and radiological markers that could predict a positive GeneXpert result in patients suspected of tuberculous meningitis. Methods: In this prospective, observational study, patients with tuberculous meningitis were systematically evaluated. Various cli...