International Research Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IRJMPS)

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The International Research Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IRJMPS) is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal that publishes research articles, reviews, and other scientific communications on medical and pharmaceutical sciences. The journal is published monthly and aims to provide a platform for researchers, scholars, and practitioners to publish their work and share their findings with the wider scientific community.

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DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS LEPTOMENINGITIS COMPLICATED BY MULTISYSTEMIC MORBIDITIES IN A KENYAN HOSPITAL

10.5281/zenodo.13889663

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe and uniformly fatal form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis without treatment. HIV co-infection is the most serious risk factor of TBM in sub-Saharan Africa. The diagnosis of TBM is fraught with many patient and health system challenges, leading to treatment delays and serious TBM-related morbidity and mortality. These include a lack of resources for adequate TB diagnostics, lack of adequate knowledge on typical and atypical TB presentations,

Onyango C. Vonwicks; MBChB, MMed, FCP (SA), Auma Nicholas; Diploma Clinical Medicine MBChB, Malalu P. Collins; B. Com, MBChB, Mutiso Boniface; Diploma Clinical Medicine, MBChB(c), , Mutuma M. Nicholas; Diploma Clinical Medicine, Certificate (Public Health, Mutua Dominic; Diploma Clinical Medicine, BSc. Clinical Medicine, Fryda C. William; MD

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