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Note (1): World Health Organization guidelines recommend that ethambutol should be replaced by streptomycin in tuberculous meningitis.<ref>{{Cite book| edition = 4th| publisher = World Health Organization| isbn = 9789241547833| title = Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines| location = Geneva| series = WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee| accessdate = 2015-06-08| date = 2010| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK138748/| pmid = 23741786}}</ref>
::: Note (1): World Health Organization guidelines recommend that ethambutol should be replaced by streptomycin in tuberculous meningitis.<ref>{{Cite book| edition = 4th| publisher = World Health Organization| isbn = 9789241547833| title = Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines| location = Geneva| series = WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee| accessdate = 2015-06-08| date = 2010| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK138748/| pmid = 23741786}}</ref>
Note (2): A 9– to 12–month course of treatment is recommended for tuberculous meningitis.<ref>{{Cite book| edition = 4th| publisher = World Health Organization| isbn = 9789241547833| title = Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines| location = Geneva| series = WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee| accessdate = 2015-06-08| date = 2010| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK138748/| pmid = 23741786}}</ref>
::: Note (2): A 9– to 12–month course of treatment is recommended for tuberculous meningitis.<ref>{{Cite book| edition = 4th| publisher = World Health Organization| isbn = 9789241547833| title = Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines| location = Geneva| series = WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee| accessdate = 2015-06-08| date = 2010| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK138748/| pmid = 23741786}}</ref>
Note (3): Adjuvant corticosteroid treatment is recommended unless drug resistance is suspected.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa040573| issn = 1533-4406| volume = 351| issue = 17| pages = 1741–1751| last1 = Thwaites| first1 = Guy E.| last2 = Nguyen| first2 = Duc Bang| last3 = Nguyen| first3 = Huy Dung| last4 = Hoang| first4 = Thi Quy| last5 = Do| first5 = Thi Tuong Oanh| last6 = Nguyen| first6 = Thi Cam Thoa| last7 = Nguyen| first7 = Quang Hien| last8 = Nguyen| first8 = Tri Thuc| last9 = Nguyen| first9 = Ngoc Hai| last10 = Nguyen| first10 = Thi Ngoc Lan| last11 = Nguyen| first11 = Ngoc Lan| last12 = Nguyen| first12 = Hong Duc| last13 = Vu| first13 = Ngoc Tuan| last14 = Cao| first14 = Huu Hiep| last15 = Tran| first15 = Thi Hong Chau| last16 = Pham| first16 = Phuong Mai| last17 = Nguyen| first17 = Thi Dung| last18 = Stepniewska| first18 = Kasia| last19 = White| first19 = Nicholas J.| last20 = Tran| first20 = Tinh Hien| last21 = Farrar| first21 = Jeremy J.| title = Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults| journal = The New England Journal of Medicine| date = 2004-10-21| pmid = 15496623}}</ref>
::: Note (3): Adjuvant corticosteroid treatment is recommended unless drug resistance is suspected.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa040573| issn = 1533-4406| volume = 351| issue = 17| pages = 1741–1751| last1 = Thwaites| first1 = Guy E.| last2 = Nguyen| first2 = Duc Bang| last3 = Nguyen| first3 = Huy Dung| last4 = Hoang| first4 = Thi Quy| last5 = Do| first5 = Thi Tuong Oanh| last6 = Nguyen| first6 = Thi Cam Thoa| last7 = Nguyen| first7 = Quang Hien| last8 = Nguyen| first8 = Tri Thuc| last9 = Nguyen| first9 = Ngoc Hai| last10 = Nguyen| first10 = Thi Ngoc Lan| last11 = Nguyen| first11 = Ngoc Lan| last12 = Nguyen| first12 = Hong Duc| last13 = Vu| first13 = Ngoc Tuan| last14 = Cao| first14 = Huu Hiep| last15 = Tran| first15 = Thi Hong Chau| last16 = Pham| first16 = Phuong Mai| last17 = Nguyen| first17 = Thi Dung| last18 = Stepniewska| first18 = Kasia| last19 = White| first19 = Nicholas J.| last20 = Tran| first20 = Tinh Hien| last21 = Farrar| first21 = Jeremy J.| title = Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults| journal = The New England Journal of Medicine| date = 2004-10-21| pmid = 15496623}}</ref>
::: Note (4): Liaise with microbiology laboratory about genotype testing for drug resistance if there is high risk for MDR-TB.

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Meningitis, tuberculous ⇧ Return to Top ⇧
  • Tuberculous meningitis[1]


  • Intensive phase treatment
  • Preferred regimen: HRZS
  • Continuation phase
  • Preferred regimen: HR



Note (1): World Health Organization guidelines recommend that ethambutol should be replaced by streptomycin in tuberculous meningitis.[2]
Note (2): A 9– to 12–month course of treatment is recommended for tuberculous meningitis.[3]
Note (3): Adjuvant corticosteroid treatment is recommended unless drug resistance is suspected.[4]
Note (4): Liaise with microbiology laboratory about genotype testing for drug resistance if there is high risk for MDR-TB.
  1. Blumberg, Henry M.; Burman, William J.; Chaisson, Richard E.; Daley, Charles L.; Etkind, Sue C.; Friedman, Lloyd N.; Fujiwara, Paula; Grzemska, Malgosia; Hopewell, Philip C.; Iseman, Michael D.; Jasmer, Robert M.; Koppaka, Venkatarama; Menzies, Richard I.; O'Brien, Richard J.; Reves, Randall R.; Reichman, Lee B.; Simone, Patricia M.; Starke, Jeffrey R.; Vernon, Andrew A.; American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Infectious Diseases Society (2003-02-15). "American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 167 (4): 603–662. doi:10.1164/rccm.167.4.603. ISSN 1073-449X. PMID 12588714.
  2. Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines. WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee (4th ed.). Geneva: World Health Organization. 2010. ISBN 9789241547833. PMID 23741786. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  3. Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines. WHO Guidelines Approved by the Guidelines Review Committee (4th ed.). Geneva: World Health Organization. 2010. ISBN 9789241547833. PMID 23741786. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  4. Thwaites, Guy E.; Nguyen, Duc Bang; Nguyen, Huy Dung; Hoang, Thi Quy; Do, Thi Tuong Oanh; Nguyen, Thi Cam Thoa; Nguyen, Quang Hien; Nguyen, Tri Thuc; Nguyen, Ngoc Hai; Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Lan; Nguyen, Ngoc Lan; Nguyen, Hong Duc; Vu, Ngoc Tuan; Cao, Huu Hiep; Tran, Thi Hong Chau; Pham, Phuong Mai; Nguyen, Thi Dung; Stepniewska, Kasia; White, Nicholas J.; Tran, Tinh Hien; Farrar, Jeremy J. (2004-10-21). "Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults". The New England Journal of Medicine. 351 (17): 1741–1751. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa040573. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 15496623.