Despite the increasing availability of highly specific T-helper type 2 (Th2) antagonists, atopic asthma remains a major cause of morbidity among children and adults and may require lifelong treatment. Prospective birth-cohort studies have shown that asthma usually begins to develop during infancy…

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Early treatment with antituberculosis chemotherapy and adjunctive treatment with glucocorticoids reduce the rate of death and disability from tuberculous meningitis, but the disease still kills or disables almost half the patients with the condition. The current guidelines recommend treatment with…

Tuberculous meningitis, the most destructive form of tuberculosis, continues to be associated with considerable mortality and morbidity; among children, it is the major cause of death resulting from tuberculosis. The consequences of tuberculous meningitis are yet again clearly shown in the article…