A five year follow-up study of children treated for tuberculous meningitis with short course chemotherapy

A total of 215 patients with tuberculous meningitis were treated for a period of 9 months. Of these, 30 patients were excluded from analysis for various reasons. Of the remaining 185, 57 died during treatment leaving 128 patients (5 with severe sequelae, 43 with moderate, 18 with mild and 62 with complete recovery) for long term follow-up. The noteworthy features of the study are 100% coverage, low relapse rate and development of late sequelae in 10 patients during follow-up period