Abstract
1) Three children with tuberculous meningitis were treated with combined streptomycin and potassium iodide. The first died 108 days after onset of disease. the second attained a state of arrest and is still alive and in good health 11 months after onset of symptoms, and the third, although the prognosis remains uncertain, is still alive after nine months of the disease. 2) Seven other children with tuberculous meningitis treated with streptomycin alone died on an average duration of 18 days from the onset of the disease. 3) The use of streptomycin and potassium iodide in tuberculous meningitis is recommended as deserving further clinical trial.
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