Abstract:Tuberculous (TB) meningitis is the commonest infectious disease of central nervous system in pediatric and geriatric cases. Tuberculosis can be prevented in children by diagnosing and treating cases of active TB amongst adults, as pediatric cases always acquire it passively from household contact of adults suffering from TB as disease in adults is multibacillary. Although significant data is available for the prevention of childhood extra-pulmonary and disseminated TB, offering them Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (B… Show more
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