Pellet-gun brain wound complicated by Clostridium Perfringens meningitis.
A ten-year-old male was hospitalized for a pellet-gun wound to the brain. He developed Clostridial meningitis within eighteen hours in spite of radical debridement and prophylactic antibiotics. However, successful recovery was obtained with high levels of penicillin and chloromycetin antibiotic therapy.
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*
D010406:Penicillins; D002701:Chloramphenicol