Monica Maria Diaz, MD, MS and Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS, are reviewing recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of chronic meningitis, focusing on tuberculous meningitis (TBM), cryptococcal meningitis (CM), syphilitic meningitis, neuroborreliosis, and recurrent chronic meningitis.
Diagnosis and management of chronic meningitis remain significant challenges, and further research is needed to improve our diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium. However, the emergence of potential new biomarkers for diagnosis and disease course is a cause for optimism.