PET scans to optimize tuberculosis meningitis treatments and personalize care, study finds

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Although relatively rare in the United States, and accounting for fewer than 5 percent of tuberculosis cases worldwide, TB of the brain -- or tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) -- is often deadly, always hard to treat, and a particular threat to young children.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news