[Visceral leishmaniasis in childhood (author's transl)]. / El Kala-azar en la infancia. Estudio en la provincia de Sevilla.

Authors present six cases of kala-azar in children under six years of age observed in the province of Seville, during a three year period. Ethiologic, clinical, evolutive and therapeutic aspects of this illness are analized. Two of the patients presented jaundice, in which a liver-spleen scan was performed and nothing else but the hepato-splenomegaly was found, as it was described in a previous case. Importance of visualizing leishmanias by bone marrow puncture for a true diagnosis is remarked.

[Melitococcal hepatic encephalopathy]. / Encéphalopathie hépatique mélitococcique.

A 5 year old child with brucellosis is described who developed severe liver disease with neuropsychiatric signs and electroencephalographic changes.

[Hypoglycorrhachia in mumps meningitis (author's transl)]. / Hipoglucorraquia en meningitis urlianas.

Eighty cases of mumps meningitis are studied in children between the ages of one to seven years. The parotids were affected before, after and during the meningitis in all cases. In fifteen cases, when admitted to the hospital, levels of glucose were found in the C.S.F. equal or lower than 40 mg/100 ml. In three of them the hypoglycorrhachia persisted for a long time, as reported by other authors. The possible causes of low C.S.F. glucose values in meningitis are analized, not explanation for this phenomenon in viral meningitis is found.

[Neonatal meningitis by "flavobacterium meningoseptium" (author's transl)]. / Meningitis neonatal por "flavobacterium meningosepticum". Aportación de un caso.

We informed a case of neonatal meningitis caused by "Flavobacterium meningosepticum", the first to be described in our country, taking into consideration its ethioepidemiology and therapy.