[Acute rhinopharyngitis, acute interstitial pneumonia and parieto-frontal brain abscess with H. influenzae type B].
The paper deals with a parietal frontal cerebral abscess caused by HITB biotype I in a girl aged 8 months. First a meningitis is suspected, then a tuberculous meningitis unsuccessfully treated with ampicillin, biseptol, respectively INH, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, prednisone, phenobarbital and chloramphenicol. The patient died through a central respiratory standstill on the 17th day of disease. The anatomopathological examinations revealed a giant parietal frontal cerebral abscess. H.influenzae, (serum type B, biotype I) resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, Kanamycin, rifampicin and tetracycline but sensitive to erythromycin and neomycin was also found. A pharyngeal infection with HITB was presumably the origin of the abscess.
Mihancea
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Institutul Cantacuzino, Bucureşti.
Dobre
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Diaconescu
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Galbenu
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Anastasatu
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Rinofaringită acută, pneumonie acută interstitială şi abces cerebral parieto-frontal cu H.influenzae tip B.