A questionnaire was sent to 686 paediatricians in the UK to discover whether or not they referred children for hearing assessment after bacterial meningitis and if not, why not; 90% replied. Of these, 10% did not refer all children. The reasons given were based on misunderstandings of the aetiology and not on a lack of provision.

Allan R. Tunkel, Barry J. Hartman, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Bruce A. Kaufman, Karen L. Roos, W. Michael Scheld, and Richard J. Whitley Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; University of...

to the discovery of antibiotics, bacterial meningitis was almost invariably fatal: over 95% of individuals developing bacterial meningitis died, and the few individuals surviving infection were neurologically devastated. With the advent of antibiotics, bacterial meningitis became a treatable condition, and the primary objective in the patient with bacterial meningitis became, appropriately, pro...

Abstract: Background: Bacterial meningitis is a serious medical disorder that should be treated as soon possible. Aim: The effect of ansamycin nanoformulation on Escherichia coli induced was investigated. Materials and Methods: By injecting directly into the brains Swiss Albino mice, an experimental model established. Results: As expected, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10 secretion stimulated, following neut...

1Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan 2Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 3Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan 4Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, T...

The Limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay was evaluated as a method for rapid diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in a series of 305 patients. The results of Limulus assays on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from these patients were compared with the results for each patient of routine bacterial cultures and Gram stains. Positive Limulus tests were obtained on initial CSF specimens fr...