Meningitis in Children

Hollis, Charles H.; Baty, James Marvin

doi:10.1056/nejm194403092301002

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“…Barrett et al (1942) considered from their review that the sulphonamides were definitely beneficial and mentioned five recoveries attributed to the use of these drugs. Since then McLendon and Mitchell (1941) and Hollis and Baty (1944) have each reported the recovery of a young infant on this therapy : Strong and Edwards (1945) treated a coliform meningitis following a G.S.W. spine with sulphonamides, but stated that the successful outcome was due mainly to drainage of a spinal subdural abscess and removal of the bullet; and Crawley (1946) described a further case of recovery in an adult.…”

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Gram-negative meningitis following head wounds. With especial reference to infection with coliform bacilli

Lewin

1948

Journal of British Surgery

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OF the various bacteria commonly found in war importance; although these cases were not studied wounds, the Gram-positive organisms, clostridia, fully bacteriologically, it is clear from the records staphylococci, and streptococci claim the first that these were the organisms responsible for nearly attention by reason of their pathogenicity. I n the all the infections, and that of the 71 fatalities in the first world war the results of treatment of 250 head series " . . . no less than 43 were due to, or at least wounds given bv Cushing (1918) emDhasized their associated with, an intracranial infection-meningitis --. . , -___ in 14, ventriculitis in 12, encephalitis-usuailygas infection-in 9, and abscess in 8 , . .

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confidence: 99%