1972
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-197203000-00001
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Clinical Factors Relating to Prognosis of Bacterial Meningitis

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“…Their hypothesis was either a direct toxic effect of ampicillin or the presence of j3lactamase-producing haemophilus strains or non-therapeutic concentrations of ampicillin in the inner ear. From earlier publications on patients prior to the ampicillin era it is known that about 35 % may suffer from significant intellectual andlor neurological handicaps and that hearing defects occurred in 2-396 bf the cases (7,9,14). Furthermore, the incidence of neurological sequelae, including deafness, has been similar in comparative groups treated with chloramphenicol and ampicillin ( 1,6,8,10).…”
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“…Their hypothesis was either a direct toxic effect of ampicillin or the presence of j3lactamase-producing haemophilus strains or non-therapeutic concentrations of ampicillin in the inner ear. From earlier publications on patients prior to the ampicillin era it is known that about 35 % may suffer from significant intellectual andlor neurological handicaps and that hearing defects occurred in 2-396 bf the cases (7,9,14). Furthermore, the incidence of neurological sequelae, including deafness, has been similar in comparative groups treated with chloramphenicol and ampicillin ( 1,6,8,10).…”
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“…A taxa de letalidade, de 10,2%, observada em nosso estudo, foi semelhante aos índices registrados em outras casuísticas brasileiras, segundo dados do Ministério da Saúde 12 ; na epidemia observada em diversas regiões do país no período de 1971 a 1975, segundo a mesma fonte, o índice de letalidade variou entre 7,6% (São Paulo, 1974) e 23,3% (Acre, 1973). À semelhança dos dados da literatura 8,23 , observamos alta letalidade nos grupos etários extremos; nas crianças com um ano de idade ou menos o índice de letalidade foi de 36,3%.…”
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“…Coincidindo com as observações de Wiebe e col. 23 , o caráter fulminante da doença meningocócica em nossa casuística associou-se estreitamente com o tempo de aparecimento dos sintomas referidos na internação; dos 26 pacientes que morreram, em relação a 21, o tempo de história era igual ou inferior a 24 horas, tendo falecido apenas um doente com tempo de história maior que 48 horas.…”
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