Tuberculous meningitis: what you need to know about a rare but deadly disease

Many people consider tuberculosis a disease of the past, but statistics show otherwise. In October 2025 alone, in Ukraine, registered There were 1,281 new cases, with almost a thousand people falling ill for the first time. Doctors are increasingly encountering extrapulmonary forms that can affect the brain, bones, and nervous system.

One such extremely dangerous form is tuberculous meningitis, from which Mykhailo Klymenko, the founder of the band ADAM, recently died. It develops very rapidly and requires immediate treatment.

How does the disease develop, how much time is there to seek help, and who should get tested right now, especially for LIGA.net explained pulmonologist and phthisiatrician Oleksandr Ivashchenko and neurologist Anastasia Honchar.