| Autor: |
WARD, HUGH K., FOTHERGILL, LEROY D. |
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American Journal of Diseases of Children; April 1932, Vol. 43 Issue: 4 p873-881, 9p |
| Abstrakt: |
Influenzal meningitis1 is an acute inflammation of the meninges caused by the influenza bacillus, accompanied often but not always by a bacteremia. In its clinical picture it cannot be distinguished from acute meningitis caused by other organisms, such as the meningococcus, pneumococcus and streptococcus. The relative success of specific serum treatment in meningococcus meningitis and the absence in the literature of any reported success with similar treatment in influenzal meningitis have stimulated this study.In the course of this work, we gained the impression that the influenza bacillus was a more common cause of meningitis in young children than was generally supposed. This impression prompted a study of the relative frequency of this form of meningitis in children under 2 years of age, and we were surprised at the high percentage of cases that the records disclosed. The records of the Infant's and Children's Hospital for the last five |
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