Non-Tuberculous Meningitis
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Non-tuberculous meningitis.
of such a degree of hydrocephalus that there seems to be scarcely aiy brain substance left. In many cases of tuberculous meningitis streptomycin seems to maintain the condition of the patient when treatment was commenced, but little subsequent improvement is seen. Such experiences support the case for the inclusion of some adjuvant antibacterial agent with the streptomycin, in the hope that a s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.24.273.358