Este protocolo abarca el manejo de la meningitis tuberculosa en adultos hospitalizados de 18 años o más que no presentan coinfección por VIH, una población para la que la evidencia de alta certeza respalda una recomendación terapéutica firme.
Adultos (18 años o más) ingresados en el hospital con meningitis tuberculosa, con ausencia confirmada de coinfección por VIH. La evidencia de alta certeza respalda una recomendación firme para esta población, diferente del enfoque caso por caso requerido cuando el VIH está presente.
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00364-0
Population: adults in hospital requiring treatment for tuberculous meningitis.
Is there HIV co-infection? — High certainty of evidence, strong recommendation for use in individuals without HIV; high certainty of evidence, weak recommendation for use in people living with HIV so the decision to use should be made on a case-by-case basis.
If corticosteroids do not control symptoms, then small case-series and case reports have described the use of anti-TNF biologicals (eg, infliximab), thalidomide, or anakinra.
A retrospective cohort study in India reported adjunctive infliximab (10 mg/kg for one to three doses, 4 weeks apart) was safe and effective in treating severe inflammatory complications of tuberculous meningitis.
Observational studies in South African children have suggested that adjunctive thalidomide (2–5 mg/kg per day) was safe and effective in treating tuberculous mass lesions and optochiasmatic arachnoiditis.
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