title: [Surveillance of the sensitivity of antibiotics to the principal germs responsible for purulent meningitis at the University Hospital Center in Treichville from 1986 to 1991].
abstract: Between January 1986 and December 1991, the sensitivity of germs isolated from purulent meningitidis diagnosed at the Universitary and Hospital Center Treichville was tested with reference to the antibiotics utilized in the treatment of purulent meningitidis (Ampicillin, cefotaxime, amoxicillin+clavulinic acid, chloramphenicol, gentamicin and Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole)). Cefotaxime, cephalosporin of the third generation, keeps its effectiveness on the main germs as a whole (Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, haemophilus influenzae). On the contrary, the other antibiotics undergo some fluctuations, or their activities are declining year after year. As far as etiology is concerned, pneumococcus always takes the first place, then come Haemophilus influenzae and Meningococcus.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine d'Abidjan, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Edoh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wognin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aoussi
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Loukou
mesh_terms: D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D013492:Suppuration
vernacular_title: Surveillance de la sensibilité aux antibiotiques des principaux germes responsables des méningites purulentes au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Treichville de 1986 à 1991.