1.
Med Trop (Mars)
; 43(2): 163-9, 1983.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6865710
ABSTRACT
This study shows the extreme gravity of pneumococcal meningitis in Abidjan. The factors of bad prognosis are: male sex, coma, protein rate of the cerebral fluid equal to or higher than 3 g. Our statistical study shows evident superiority of cephacetrile to penicillin G and ampicillin.
Subject(s)
Meningitis, Pneumococcal/diagnosis , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Cerebrospinal Fluid/cytology , Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins/analysis , Child , Child, Preschool , Coma/complications , Female , Glucose/cerebrospinal fluid , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/drug therapy , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/mortality , Middle Aged , Sex Factors
2.
Trop Doct
; 9(4): 164-7, 1979 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-516140