TYPHOID MENINGITIS

A Case of Typhoid Meningitis—Treated with Chloromycetin

_ yeaib I saw only tliree other cases of enteric ection diagnosed cinicalh' and serologically as para-typhoid. Details of the case.?Kanai, male, aged 16 eait, Bengali Hindu, was admitted to Tara ?K hospital in the evening of 19th May, 1953 1 i t ic listory 0f sudden rise of temp, with igor and severe headache. Duration 1 day. On Examination.?General appearance, face 11iec, dull and apathetic, e...

Management of Typhoid Fever and Bacterial Meningitis by Chloramphenicol in Infants and Children

Chloramphenicol inhibits protein synthesis in bacteria and is usually bacteriostatic but is bactericidal against Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Neisseria meningitis. Chloramphenicol penetrates all body tissues well. The cerebrospinal fluid concentration averages 60% of the serum level, while brain levels are 9 times higher because of high lipid solubility of this drug. Ch...

Non-typhoid Salmonella meningitis complicated by a infarction of basal ganglia.

A previously healthy 16-month-old Korean girl with symptoms of fever, vomiting, and generalized tonic seizure was diagnosed to have Group D non-typhoid Salmonella meningitis. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone (100 mg/kg/day) and amikin (22.5 mg/kg/day) initially and ciprofloxacin (30 mg/kg/day) was added later because of clinical deterioration and disseminated intravascular coagulation. ...

Typhoid Fever and Typhoid Carriers

The Typhoid Bacillus and Typhoid Fever

This is merely a reprint in book form of the Qoulstonian Lectures, three in number, delivered this year. They appeared in the issues of The Lancet for March 24th and 31st, and April 14th. An epitome of the first two lectures was given at pp. 276, 277 of The Indian Medical Gazette for July. The last lecture deals with the agglutinating reaction, its history, technique, persistence and prognosis ...