Community-acquired purulent meningitis: a review of 1,316 cases during the antibiotic era, 1954-1976
Geiseler PJ;Nelson KE;Levin S;Reddi KT;Moses VK;;
reviews of infectious diseases1970Vol. 2pp. -
347
pj1970reviewscommunity-acquired
Abstract
This review of 1,316 cases of purulent meningitis assessed changes in the etiology, clinical features, and fatality rate during the antibiotic era. Hemophilus influenzae was the most frequent cause of purulent meningitis (458 cases), Neisseria meningitidis the second most frequent (396 cases), and S …