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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.
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  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.