Tuberculous meningitis in children overview

Tuberculous meningitis due to tuberculosis? Bacteria violations meninges, the brain caused by inflammation, Tuberculosis is the most serious type of the disease, more common in children under the age of five. is the main source of infection from open pulmonary tuberculosis adults, spread mainly by respiratory, often beginning with tuberculosis in the last six months to one year the disease, the early symptoms are not typical and can be expressed as poor appetite, gradual weight loss, After sweating fast, long irregular low heat, not timely diagnosis and treatment, the condition gradually worsened to the emerging high fever convulsion, coma, or even death. The disease without antituberculosis drug therapy, the mortality was 100%. Since the universal BCG vaccination and the use of anti-tuberculosis drugs, tuberculosis meningitis incidence and mortality rate has declined markedly. However, the timely diagnosis and treatment of misconduct, mortality and the incidence of sequelae is still high. Therefore active prevention, early diagnosis and early treatment is to reduce morbidity and mortality of the key.