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TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS IN CHILDHOOD
Author(s) -
Smith Arnold L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111231.x
Subject(s) - tuberculous meningitis , medicine , pediatrics , meningitis , tuberculosis , pathology
The 43 cases of tuberculous meningitis treated at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, over the 15‐year period from January, 1954, to December, 1969, are reviewed in detail. With “triple drug” antituberculosis therapy, 19 patients made a full recovery and seven died. Of the other 17, 11 had major permanent sequelae. There was a strong correlation between the patient's state of consciousness at the time antituberculosis therapy was commenced and the ultimate result. Suggestions are made on how the mortalitiy and morbidity can be reduced.