32 year old male with fever under evaluation

32 year old male patient came to casualty with chief complaints of:
Fever since 3 months
Cough since 3 months
Vomitings since yesterday 
History of present illness :
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 3 months back,then he developed fever which was of high grade associated with chills,continuous,more during night time.
C/O cough since 3 months,dry,no hemoptysis. 
Associated with shortness of breath. 
H/O weight loss present. 
H/O loss of appetite present. 
H/O paraplegia 3 months back,admitted, recovered with in 2 months.No bladder and bowel involvement. 
Past history:
H/O koch's 5 years back,used ATT for 4 months and stopped.
H/O multiple suicide attempts present. 
Not a k/c/o DM,HTN,asthma,epilepsy,CAD.
Personal history :
Diet-mixed
Appetite-normal 
Sleep-adequate 
Bowel and bladder movements-regular
Alcoholic, stopped 1 and half year back
Smoking 1 pack/ day
General examination:
Vitals on admission:
Temperature-98.8 F
BP-100/80mmhg
PR-88 bpm
RR-17 cpm
Systemic examination:
CNS               Right           left
Power
Upper limb    5/5             5/5
Lower limb    3/5             3/5
Reflexes 
Biceps            +2               +2
Triceps            -                   -
Supinator        -                   -
Knee                -                   -
Ankle               -                   -
Plantar        flexor           extensor
Thenar muscle atrophy present 
Investigations:
Sputum AFB-positive 3+

Treatment:
1)Tab.PCM 650 mg PO/TID
2)Temperature charting 4th hrly
3)Inj.Optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS/IV/OD



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