What is the reason for death after TB treatment?

Question

My husband and his brother suffered from severe headaches a month after TB treatment and later died of meningitis although they had been declared cured of TB. What are the possible causes?

Expert Answer

Dr Anuj SharmaSep 02, 2005

World Health Organization,
Country Office for India,
New Delhi

It is difficult to hypothesise the cause of the deaths. Have you tried asking the treating doctor regarding the cause of death? The possibilities include a relapse of TB with meningitis, or a pyogenic/aseptic/fungal meningitis.

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