ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF THE ENCEPHALOPATHIES: IV. Serial Studies in Meningococcic Meningitis

Autor: TURRELL, RICHARD C., ROSEMAN, EPHRAIM
Zdroj: Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry; February 1955, Vol. 73 Issue: 2 p141-148, 8p
Abstrakt: THE PRESENT report is the fourth in a series depicting the serial electroencephalographic (EEG) changes in the encephalopathies. Previous publications have been concerned with the chemical,1 granulomatous2 (tuberculosis), and viral3 (measles) diseases of the brain.The present study comprises a serial analysis of 50 cases of meningococcic meningitis collected over a five-year period. Clinical observations and EEG correlations were made and are recorded. The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to demonstrate the EEG and clinical correlation in a purulent meningitis (meningococcus) and (2) to contrast the electrocerebral alterations with that seen in tuberculous meningitis.The principles of dynamic electroencephalography have been described elsewhere.4 In all encephalopathies of significant severity the nonspecific response of the brain to injury is the appearance of delta activity. The persistence, evanescence, or replacement of this activity by other wave forms aids in the clinical evaluation of such syndromes. METHODS
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