KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE MENINGITIS. REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
| Autor: | Robert DiBenedetto, John A. Crocco, John L. Soscia |
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| Rok vydání: | 1964 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Klebsiella medicine.drug_class Tetracycline Klebsiella pneumoniae Antibiotics Microbiology Sepsis Internal Medicine medicine Bronchopneumonia Klebsiella meningitis Meningitis Mortality Cerebrospinal Fluid Bacteriological Techniques biology business.industry Chloramphenicol medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Anti-Bacterial Agents Otitis Media Blood Streptomycin Geriatrics business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Archives of internal medicine. 113 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9926 |
| Popis: | Introduction Only 152 cases of Klebsiella meningitis have been reported since this organism was first described by Friedlander in 1882. The first case of meningitis due to this organism was reported by Weichselbaum in 1888. In a series of 3,377 cases of meningitis, only seven were attributed to the Friedlander's bacillus. 2 Ransmeier and Major estimated that the Friedlander bacillus was the responsible organism three times in 3,714 cases of meningitis from the large cities of the United States. 3 Before the era of antibiotic therapy, mortality from this infection exceeded 99%. In spite of specific therapy available today, the over-all mortality remains about 50%. 4 One additional case of Klebsiella meningitis and septicemia with death following streptomycin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline therapy is presented for the purpose of describing the clinical phenomenon and evaluating present-day therapy. Report of Case Case History (St. Vincent's Hospital [E 03-44-70]). —A 69-year-old, retired, white |
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