title: [Clinical studies on the short-course and efficient treatment of mumps meningitis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The 302nd Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Tianjun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jumei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xianzhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D003907:Dexamethasone