HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE MENINGITIS: REPORT OF TWO CASES IN ADULTS
Authors: C HOWE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 July 1957HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE MENINGITIS: REPORT OF TWO CASES IN ADULTSCALDERON HOWE, M.D.CALDERON HOWE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-1-141 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute purulent meningitis caused by Hemophilus influenzae occurs rarely in adult persons. The case reported recently by Pike1 brings the total number recorded to only 29. Two additional cases of meningitis in adults caused by H. influenzae, type b, are the subject of this communication.CASE REPORTSCase 1(figure 1). The patient, a 42 year old truck driver without significant past medical history, was admitted at 10:30 a.m. on November 27, 1947. About four hours previously he had awakened with frontal headache so severe as to evoke a cry of pain, and shortly thereafter experienced a shaking chill and...Bibliography1. Pike JB: Hemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults, New York State J. Med. 55: 1628, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. AlexanderEllisLeidy HECG: Treatment of type specific Hemophilus influenzae infections in infancy and childhood, J. Pediat. 20: 673, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Alexander HE: Treatment of Hemophilus influenzae infections and of meningococcic and pneumococcic meningitis, Am. J. Dis. Child. 66: 172, 1943. Google Scholar4. PaineMurraySeelerFinland TFRPAOM: Streptomycin in the treatment of meningitis. Report of 27 cases treated at the Boston City Hospital, Ann. Int. Med. 27: 494, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar5. FinlandWilcox MC: In vitro susceptibility of Hemophilus influenzae to seven antibiotics, Am. J. Clin. Path. 20: 335, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. LoveFinland BDM: Susceptibility of recently isolated strains of Hemophilus influenzae to eleven antibiotics in vitro, J. Pediat. 45: 531, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. SchoenbachSpencerMonnier EBHCJ: Treatment of H. influenzae meningitis with Aureomycin and chloramphenicol, Am. J. Med. 12: 263, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. RossRiceBurkeMcGovernParrottMcGovern SCFGJJRHJP: Treatment of meningitis due to Hemophilus influenzae , New England J. Med. 247: 541, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Alexander HE: Guides to optimal therapy in bacterial meningitis, J. A. M. A. 152: 662, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 17, 1956.From the Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Calderon Howe, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNew Antimicrobics for the Treatment of Infections Caused by Gram-Negative BacilliMeningitis 1 July 1957Volume 47, Issue 1Page: 141-145KeywordsChloramphenicolHaemophilus influenzaeHeadachesHospital medicineMeningitisMicrobiologySurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...