[Clinical studies on the short-course and efficient treatment of mumps meningitis].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the short-course and efficient way to treat mumps meningitis.


METHODS
Totally 155 cases of mumps meningitis treated by intrathecal injection with dexamethasone only once were enrolled as experimental group and 55 similar cases treated with the common therapy as control.


RESULTS
The time for recoveries of temperature, headache, the pathologic reflexes and the total time of treatment were 32 hours, 15 hours, 12 hours and 3.1 days, respectively, while those of the control group were 58 hours, 24 hours, 32 hours, 6.5 days respectively. There was statistical difference between the two groups (P<0.01 or 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Intrathecal injection with dexamethasone only once is efficient and safe in the treatment of mumps meningitis.
Zhao
Min
M
The 302nd Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100039, China.
Jiang
Tianjun
T
Chen
Jumei
J
Zhou
Xianzhi
X
Zhou
Zhiping
Z
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone