[Antibioprophylaxis of meningococcal meningitis: reality or utopia? (author's transl)].
After restating the activity of the various antibiotics on Neisseria meningitidis, the authors review the results of 18 experiences of germ-carriers control by antibiotics, which were rather deceiving. Conditions for such a control are exposed but question of its real necessity is raised.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000187:drug effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
L'antibioprophylaxie des meningites cerebro-spinales. Réalité ou utopie?