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Microbiological confirmation instils a sense of confidence amongst treating physicians. With conventional phenotypic methods (cerebrospinal fluid microscopy and culture), in more than 50 per cent patients, microbiological confirmation is not achieved. Moreover, these methods take a long time before providing conclusive results. Negative result does not rule out\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection of the brain. Genotypic methods, such as IS\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">6110<\/jats:italic>\n                      polymerase chain reaction and automated Xpert\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">M. tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      \/rifampicin (MTB\/RIF) assay system improved the TBM diagnostics, as results are rapidly available. Xpert MTB\/RIF assay, in addition, detects rifampicin resistance. Xpert MTB\/RIF Ultra is advanced technology which has higher (60-70%) sensitivity and is being considered a game-changer in the diagnostics of TBM. A large number of TBM cases remain unconfirmed. The situation of TBM diagnostics will remain grim, if low-cost technologies are not widely available. 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