[Prevalence of tuberculous meningitis in Niamey's Hospital, Niger]. / Prevalence de la méningite tuberculeuse a l'hôpital de Niamey, Niger.

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is hyperendemic in Niger. In Niamey between June 2002 and May 2004, 996 cerebro-spinal fluids (CSF) collected from meningitis suspected patients have been analysed by PCR for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae the aetiologic diagnosis was obtained for 208 cases (20.9%). The Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR assay performed on the negative samples was positive for 4 CSF 0.4% prevalence among suspected cases of meningitis or 1.9% among confirmed bacterial meningitis.