Rifampicin in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis.
Seventy-one patients diagnosed to have tuberculous meningitis were treated with isoniazid, streptomycin plus either rifampicin (36 patients or ethambutol (35 patients). Results of therapy were identical in both treatment-groups (approximately 50 per cent mortality). Rifampicin appears to be as effective as ethambutol in the treatment of this infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004977:Ethambutol; D012293:Rifampin