Penicillin is necessary for suspected meningococal disease
- 18 March 1995
- Vol. 310 (6981) , 737
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6981.737a
Abstract
EDITOR,—M J Colbridge and colleagues report an encouraging increase in the number of general practitioners in the north east and north west of England who carry benzylpenicillin in their emergency bags.1 An increase in the use of penicillin before admission in suspected cases of meningococcal disease, to reduce mortality, is the desired outcome of campaigns to …Keywords
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