The Treatment of Tuberculous Meningitis in Children with A Combination of Isoniazid, Rifampicin and Streptomycin (A preliminary report)

Nastitin Rahajoe (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
Noenoeng Rahajoe (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
I. Boediman (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
Mardjanis Said (Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
S. Lazuardi (Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)

Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 19 No 11-12 (1979): November - December 1979

Twenty-two cases of tuberculous meningitis have been treated with isoniazid, streptomycin and rifampicin and 19 cases with isoniazid, P.A.S. and streptomycin. Both groups received corticosteroid at the beginning of the treatment. The 2 groups were compared on the clinical and neurological improvement, duration of necessary hospitalization, the presence of sequelae, and the death rate. Also the tolerability of both regimens was compared.