Recovery from Streptococcus Meningitis*
Authors: LESTER ROSENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 March 1931Recovery from Streptococcus MeningitisReport of a Case and an Analysis of Reported Cures.LESTER ROSENBERG, M. D., HAROLD W. NOTTLEY, M. D.LESTER ROSENBERG, M. D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD W. NOTTLEY, M. D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-9-1154 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt requires no brief to substantiate the statement that streptococcus meningitis is ordinarily a fatal disease. Clinical contact with any type of suppurative meningitis, excepting perhaps the meningococcus, has taught us the gravity of this type of illness. The mortality for the streptococcus form is exceedingly high and cases of recovery, although they do occur from time to time, are rare enough to be always worthy of interest.We present a case of recovery and a study of reported cases of cure. 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PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySTREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS FOUR CASES TREATED WITH SULFONAMIDES IN WHICH THE ETIOLOGICAL AGENT WAS AN UNUSUAL STREPTOCOCCUS*LOWELL A. RANTZ, M.D.Neurologic conditions in infants and childrenPachymeningitis und LeptomeningitisStreptococcus meningitis in scarlet feverCASE OF STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITISNeurologic conditions in infants and children 1 March 1931Volume 4, Issue 9Page: 1154-1182KeywordsMeningitisMortalityNeisseria meningitidisStreptococcus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...