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Neurology India
Medknow Publications on behalf of the Neurological Society of India
ISSN: 0028-3886
EISSN: 0028-3886
Vol. 58, No. 5, 2010, pp. 716-722
Bioline Code: ni10196
Full paper language: English
Document type: Review Article
Document available free of charge

Neurology India, Vol. 58, No. 5, 2010, pp. 716-722

 en Tuberculous meningitis: The challenges
Murthy, J. M. K.

Abstract

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a serious meningitic infection commonly found to occur in the developing countries endemic to tuberculosis. Based on the clinical features alone, the diagnosis of TBM can neither be made nor excluded with certainty. Unfortunately there is still no single diagnostic method that is both sufficiently rapid and sensitive. Most factors found to correlate with poor outcome can be directly traced to the stage of the disease at the time of diagnosis. The only way to reduce the mortality and morbidity is by early diagnosis and timely recognition of complications and institution of the appropriate treatment strategies.

Keywords
Antituberculous drugs, elevated intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus, hyponatremia, tuberculoma, tuberculous meningitis, vasculitis

 
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