Abstract

Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS TB) is an important disease with very high mortality rate. Accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment for this disease are upmost priority to reduce the mortality rate. Diagnosis of CNS TB has been done by various clinical and radiological investigations, and 18F FDG PET-CT is the new tool in the diagnostic armamentarium. In this book chapter, we try to explore all the possible CNS manifestation of the CNS TB, try to touch upon the HIV-related CNS TB, therapy response to anti-tubercular drugs and few quantitative analyses by software methods.

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