1992
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6846.141
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Meningococcal infections: reducing the case fatality rate by giving penicillin before admission to hospital.

Abstract: Objective-To determine whether parenteral penicillin given before admission to hospital reduces the case fatality rate in patients with meningococcal disease.

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“…Sometimes the early administration of antibiotics is disputed because the clinical benefit has not been demonstrated in clinical prospective or retrospective studies. However, since the current evidence about the beneficial effects of antibiotics seems convincing (75,162,456,464; K. Cartwright, J. Strang, S. Gossain, and N. Begg, Letter, Br. Med.…”
Section: Antibiotic Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sometimes the early administration of antibiotics is disputed because the clinical benefit has not been demonstrated in clinical prospective or retrospective studies. However, since the current evidence about the beneficial effects of antibiotics seems convincing (75,162,456,464; K. Cartwright, J. Strang, S. Gossain, and N. Begg, Letter, Br. Med.…”
Section: Antibiotic Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Así por ejemplo, se ha reportado que sólo entre un 15% a 55% de los cultivos de sangre son positivos en estos pacientes y en un estudio realizado por la Academia Americana de Pediatría el porcentaje reportado fue 57% (21,22). Otro punto a tener en cuenta es la negativización que puede ocurrir en los cultivo a las pocas horas de la administración de antibiótico; de allí la polé-mica que se genera entre el beneficio de suministrar antibiótico empíricamente sin conocer el germen específico, después de haber realizado la toma de muestra de LCR (23,24,25,26).…”
Section: Estudios Paraclínicosunclassified
“…If the PCR test is not available, antibiotics should still be started early because the effect on outcome far outweighs the need for microbiological diagnosis. 8,9 The choice of which antibiotic to use should be based on local antibiotic resistance and availability. In most places, intravenous or intramuscular third-generation cephalosporin, such as ceftriaxone, should be used as the first choice.…”
Section: Antibioticsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Third, antibiotic resistance. Early initiation of antibiotics reduces mortality in meningococcemia, 8,9 however, inadequate coverage also increases mortality. Therefore, treatment with a broad-spectrum antibiotic that provides good penetration into the cerebrospinal fluid (e.g., ceftriaxone, cefotaxime)…”
Section: Choice Of Antibioticmentioning
confidence: 99%