STREPTOCOCCIC VIRIDANS MENINGITIS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF NINE RECOVERIES
Authors: A L HOYNE, H HERZON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 October 1950STREPTOCOCCIC VIRIDANS MENINGITIS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF NINE RECOVERIESARCHIBALD L. HOYNE, M.D., F.A.C.P., HERBERT HERZON, M.D.ARCHIBALD L. HOYNE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HERBERT HERZON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-4-879 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInsofar as we were able to determine, a complete review of the literature onStreptococcic viridansmeningitis has never been published. Gray19reported that, for the period 1901 to 1935, he was able to gather only 66 cases of recovery from streptococcic meningitis of all types. But two years later, in 1937, Trachsler et al.63added 44 cases, five of which were their own. Of these 110, only five of Gray's were due toStreptococcus viridans, and Trachsler et al. had but four. 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