Tuberculous meningitis in the elderly.
Six cases of tuberculous meningitis, all occurring in patients over the age of 65, are described. All patients presented with an acute illness, primarily with a confusional state. Headache was a symptom in only two patients and the cases were not confined to ethnic minority groups. The mortality was 50%.
D000368:Aged; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*