MENINGOCOCCIC MENINGITIS IN INFANCY
- 22 July 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 101 (4) , 272-273
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1933.02740290020008
Abstract
This report embodies the observations of meningococcic septicemia with meningitis in a 22-day old infant with a diagnosis correctly made within twenty-four hours of the onset, immediate, adequate serum therapy given by the most desired routes, and early recovery. Very few cases reported in the literature at this early age have been found. A case has been reported by McLean and Caffey1in a 23-day old infant. An individual may be susceptible at any age, since the youngest patient in whom the condition has been recorded is the present one, and the oldest is a woman of 61 years.2Holt and Howland,3in their textbook, state that "the youngest case we have seen was in an infant 5 weeks old." These authors also remark that 12 per cent of patients were under 1 year. Ker4points out that 14 per cent of his patients were underKeywords
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