To pay more attention to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.01.005

Abstract

Abstract:

Tuberculous meningitis is the most serious form of tuberculosis. In the past several years, scientists investigated modified Z-N stain, molecular method, brain MRI and clinical scoring system to improve diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis, and studied fluoroquinolone and high-dose rifampin to improve prognosis of this disease. It is clear that corticosteroid could reduce risk of death among patients with tuberculous meningitis. In addition, drug-resistant tuberculous meningitis has become a problem worthy of being noticed and clinicians should pay more attention to the treatment of the disease.

Key words: Tuberculosis, meningeal, Diagnosis, Combined modality therapy, Comment

Hong-fei DUAN. To pay more attention to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis[J]. Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis, 2019, 41(1): 14-17. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.01.005

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