title: [Methods and treatment results of purulent meningitis and encephalitis in adults--based on personal observations].
abstract: The authors present own methods and results of the treatment of 578 patients with suppurative meningitis and encephalitis. Etiologically most frequent infections due to N. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae, and H. influenzae were treated with penicillin and ampicillin; the authors recommend to replace the latter antibiotic with cefotaxime. If meningitis and encephalitis were due to aerobic gram-negative bacilli, a possibility of the simultaneous infection with anaerobic flora was considered, and the drugs active against both types of the organisms were administered. The same was the treatment in case of etiologically confirmed staphylococcal infection. In case of unknown etiology of meningitis and encephalitis therapy was based on clinical data, and laboratory findings.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Zakaźnych dla Dorosłych, Instytutu Chorób Zakaźnych i Pasozytniczych AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Olejnik
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lipowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Przyjałkowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strzelecki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janeczko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baranowska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romanowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D002439:Cefotaxime
vernacular_title: Metody i wyniki leczenia ropnych zapaleń opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych i mózgu u dorosłych--na podstawie doświadczeń własnych.