Computed Tomography of the Head Before Lumbar Puncture in Adults With Suspected Meningitis in High-HIV Prevalence Settings.

Mortality in patients with a final diagnosis of CNS infection ( Supplementary Table 1 ) and a known outcome was 34.4% (56/163); mortality was 27.5% (11/40) in those who received appropriate treatment within 12 hours of admission and 35.8% (45/123) in those receiving treatment >12 hours after admission; however, this did not reach statistical significance (adjusted OR, 1.66; 95% CI, 0.66–4.18) ( Table 3 ).

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