Intensified Antituberculosis Therapy in Adults with Tuberculous Meningitis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 14, 2016

Authors

A Dorothee Heemskerk1, Nguyen D Bang, Nguyen T H Mai, Tran T H Chau, Nguyen H Phu, Pham P Loc, Nguyen V V Chau, Tran T Hien, Nguyen H Dung, Nguyen T N Lan, Nguyen H Lan, Nguyen N Lan, Le T Phong, Nguyen N Vien, Nguyen Q Hien, Nguyen T B Yen, Dang T M Ha, Jeremy N Day, Maxine Caws, Laura Merson, Tran T V Thinh, Marcel Wolbers, Guy E Thwaites, Jeremy J Farrar

Author Affiliations

1: From the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (A.D.H., N.D.B., N.T.H.M., T.T.H.C., N.H.P., T.T.H., N.T.B.Y., D.T.M.H., J.N.D., L.M., T.T.V.T., M.W., G.E.T., J.J.F.), Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (N.D.B., N.H.D., N.T.N.L., N.H.L., N.N.L., L.T.P., N.N.V., N.Q.H., N.T.B.Y., D.T.M.H.), and Hospital for Tropical Diseases (N.H.P., P.P.L., N.V.V.C.) - all in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford (A.D.H., J.N.D., L.M., M.W., G.E.T., J.J.F.), and Liverpool University, Liverpool (M.C.) - both in the United Kingdom.

Associated clinical trials:

Adjunctive Corticosteroids for Tuberculous Meningitis in HIV-infected Adults (The ACT HIV Trial) | NCT03092817

Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase Stratified Trial of Adjunctive Corticosteroids for HIV-uninfected Adults With Tuberculous Meningitis | NCT03100786

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