Tuberculous Meningitis: Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy focuses on the most common and most lethal manifestation of tuberculosis of the central nervous system. It includes up-to-date reviews of the clinical diagnosis, treatment, and management of tuberculous meningitis in adults and children, and summarizes national and international guidelines in tabular format. Clinicians and researchers will find the beginning chapters on microbiology, immunopathology, and epidemiology of great use in their efforts to better understand and identify new treatments of tuberculous meningitis.Includes international contributors from countries most affected by TBMAddresses the global and regional epidemiology of tuberculosisCompares TBM presentation in children and adultsCovers HIV co-infection and its implicationsExamines differential diagnoses