STREPTOMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF MENINGITIS: REPORT OF 27 CASES TREATED AT THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL
Authors: T F PAINE, R MURRAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 October 1947STREPTOMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF MENINGITIS: REPORT OF 27 CASES TREATED AT THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITALTOM FITE PAINE, RODERICK MURRAY, ALBERT O. SEELER, MAXWELL FINLAND, F.A.C.P.TOM FITE PAINESearch for more papers by this author, RODERICK MURRAYSearch for more papers by this author, ALBERT O. SEELERSearch for more papers by this author, MAXWELL FINLAND, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-4-494 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCases of meningitis due toMycobacterium tuberculosisor to gram-negative bacilli are not particularly frequent. They are nevertheless of great importance because of their high mortality and their failure to respond to the various types of therapy, including sulfonamides and penicillin, which have given favorable results in the coccal infections. Only a few reports are as yet available on the results of streptomycin therapy in these types of cases. These reports will be summarized briefly and the results in 24 cases of meningitis due to gram-negative bacilli and in three cases of tuberculous meningitis, that were treated at the Boston...Bibliography1. NEAL JB: Diagnosis and treatment of meningitis, Med. Clin. North Am., 1935, xix, 751. Google Scholar2. TRIPOLI CJ: Bacterial meningitis. A comparative study of various therapeutic measures, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 171. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RHOADS PS: Treatment of pneumococcic meningitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 917. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FERGUSONBARR FD: Glycosuria in meningitis, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 173. Google Scholar5. RHOADS PS: The clinical analysis of 550 cases of bacterial meningitis. Diagnostic features and various methods of treatment, Am. Pract., 1947, i, 305. Google Scholar6. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication June 9, 1947.From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.With the technical assistance of Clare Wilcox.Aided by a grant from the United States Public Health Service.†Research Fellow, American College of Physicians.‡The patients were under the care of the resident and attending staffs of several different services. The authors are indebted to them all for their interest and coöperation. 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