Meningococcal meningitis in Ludhiana.
A retrospective study was carried out at Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana (Punjab) during the period from January 1985 to June 1990 to know the incidence of meningococcal meningitis. Meningococcal etiology was established in 170 (49.41%) cases out of 344 cases of bacterial meningitis. Out of 170 cases of meningococcal meningitis, 74 (43.52%) were positive only by smear examination, 90 (52.94%) were positive both by smear as well as culture and there were six (3.52%) cases which were positive only by culture. The organisms were sensitive to most of the common antibiotics including penicillin, chloramphenicol, ampicillin and sulphadiazine.
Kumar
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R
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Khurana
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S
Gupta
B K
BK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies