BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Authors: William E. Smith, Robert E. Mccall, Thomas J. Blake
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 June 1944BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMWILLIAM E. SMITH, M.D., ROBERT E. MCCALL, M.D., THOMAS J. BLAKEWILLIAM E. SMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT E. MCCALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, THOMAS J. BLAKESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-6-920 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis paper describes two cases of meningitis and two cases of brain abscess caused by anaerobic, gram-negative, non-spore-bearing bacilli (genus Bacteroides). The portal of entry of the infection into the central nervous system in our cases and in the majority of cases in the literature was chronic suppurative otitis media. In view of this portal of entry, it is of interest to note that various species of Bacteroides have been described as inhabitants of the nasopharynx1 whence the ear infection may be presumed to have arisen.Meningitis of otitic origin is usually associated with the common, aerobic, pyogenic organisms. In...Bibliography1. OLITSKY PK: Studies on the bacteriology of epidemic influenza, Medicine, 1930, ix, 387. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. NEALJACKSONAPPELBAUM JBHWE: A comprehensive study of meningitis secondary to otitic or sinus infection, Ann. Otol., Rhin., and Laryng., 1934, xliii, 658. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WILLIAMSGOSLING AWR: Bacteriology of meningitis, in Infections of the Central Nervous System, 1932, Williams and Wilkins Company, Baltimore, p. 365. Google Scholar4. ELMENDORFNEAL TEJB: Streptothrix meningitis, Arch. Pediat., 1925, xlii, 260. Google Scholar5. RIST E: Études bactériologiques sur les infections d'origine otique, Paris Thèses, 1898. Google Scholar6. 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Lovett Memorial for the study of crippling disease, Harvard Medical School.The expenses of this investigation were defrayed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund. 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