Meningitis

Clinical Memoranda

“…This is the only case in 2,157 admissions at our clinic. Mixed Infection of the Meninges with H. influenzae and the Pneumococcus Meningitis due to more than one organism is occasionally met with, and the subject is discussed in some detail by Zimbal and Alissof (1933), Neal (1924), McDonald (1908), and others. A case of meningeal infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Klebsiella pneumoniae is reported by von Moritz (1936), and one of mixed infection due to the pneumococcus, streptococcus, and Neisseria catarrhalis is described by Ashmun (1933).…”

Pneumonia in the new-born

“…Whereas septicaemia due to b. coli and related organisms is recognized to be rare in older persons, numerous authors have commented on its frequency or reported cases in the new-born (Ylppo, 1919;Cruickshank, 1930 ;Dunham, 1933 ;Park and Williams, 1934 ;Merritt and Paige, 1935;Butler, 1937). Meningitis due to these organisms has been frequently reported in the new-born (Ylppo, 1919 ;Cook and Bell, 1922 ;Neal, 1924 ;Cruickshank, 1930;Park and Williams, 1934;Craig, 1936;Mulhern and Seelye, 1936;Crockford, 1938), though similar cases in older subjects are very rare. There is therefore a good case for the contention that new-born babies are peculiarly susceptible to infection with these organisms.…”

Combined forms of meningitis: Mixed infection of the meninges by the tubercle bacillus and meningococcus

“…Neal (1924) reported her analysis of 1535 cases of meningitis, in which only six (0-32 per cent.) were due to mixed-organisms.…”

“…Late House Physician, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London It is rare to find two different causative organisms in a case of meningitis and of extreme rarity when one of these organisms is the tubercle bacillus. Neal (1924) reported her analysis of 1535 cases of meningitis, in which only six (0-32 per cent.) were due to mixed-organisms.…”