Non-Tuberculous Posterior Basic Meningitis in Infants
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Non-tuberculous meningitis.
of such a degree of hydrocephalus that there seems to be scarcely aiy brain substance left. In many cases of tuberculous meningitis streptomycin seems to maintain the condition of the patient when treatment was commenced, but little subsequent improvement is seen. Such experiences support the case for the inclusion of some adjuvant antibacterial agent with the streptomycin, in the hope that a s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1897
ISSN: 0959-5287,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/095952879708000121