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The diagnosis and treatment of acute meningitis, excluding tuberculosis, in infancy and childhood


M.A.M Harris

Abstract

retrospective study is made of 376 case records of acute non-tuberculous  meningitis in infants and children admitted during 1967 to The Emergency  Ward at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town,' with regard to aetiology, incidence, diagnosis, and results with standard triple  therapy. Specific diagnostic problems, with The emphasis on early  diagnosis, and general therapeutic measures, are discussed. In addition, the use of ampicillin in the treatment of acute bacterial meningitis is reviewed.

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