PYOCYANEUS MENINGITIS AFTER LUMBAR PUNCTURE

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Meningitis, apart from the epidemic form, is not infrequently caused by the tubercle bacillus, the pneumococcus and the streptococcus. So far as we were able to ascertain, the case presented here is the first reported case ofBacillus pyocyaneusmeningitis following lumbar puncture, not preceded by or associated with other pyogenic infection and in which the patient apparently made a complete recovery. We hope that the presentation of this case may reemphasize the necessity of strict aseptic technic in doing lumbar puncture and outline a method that may prove of value in the treatment of pyocyanic meningitis. REPORT OF CASE A. K., a white man, aged 32, entered the Hebrew Hospital of Baltimore, Dec. 15, 1924, complaining of severe frontal and crown headaches. In 1914, the patient had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis in a state sanatorium. In 1918, he contracted syphilis and gonorrhea. He complained of girdle pains across

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