Each year, 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis, and about 1.4 million die from it. Meningitis occurs in 1–2% of ...

DURING the five-year period 1947–1951, 40 cases of tuberculous meningitis in children were treated with antibiotics at the North Reading State Sanatorium. This institution has been designated as a ...

To the Editor: In spite of the many advances made in the control of tuberculosis, acute miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis are by no means rare. During the two years 1960 and 1961 a total ...

A higher dose of the antibiotic rifampicin does not improve survival rates for patients with tuberculous meningitis. This ...

Researchers from the Netherlands have conducted the first study globally to show that intensified antibiotic treatment can improve the prognosis of patients with tuberculous (TB) meningitis, the most ...

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European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 18, No. 4 (2003), pp. 337-343 (7 pages) A retrospective study was performed to assess the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinic, and laboratory of the patients with ...

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A review update has been released to evaluate the effects of corticosteroids being used alongside anti-tuberculosis medication to treat people suffering from tuberculous meningitis Tuberculous ...

Each year, 11 million people worldwide develop tuberculosis , and about 1.4 million die from it. Meanwhile meningitis occurs in 1–2% of patients with tuberculosis and is the ...

In an HIV-positive population, the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay detected tuberculous meningitis with higher sensitivity than the older Xpert assay and a mycobacterial growth indicator tube culture, ...