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KMID : 0367419740150090010
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1974 Volume.15 No. 9 p.10 ~ p.14
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The clinical Observation of Tuberculous Meningitis in Children
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신성희/Shin, Sung He
김종남/김기준/Kim, Chong Nam/Kim, Ki Joon
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Abstract
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Eightynine cases of chidren with tuberculous menigitis were treated at Chonju Presbyterian Medical Center from Jan. 1966 to Dec. 1971.
The results were as follow:
1) Tuberculous menigitis comprises 47.8%(89 patients) of the total meningitis cases of 186 patients who were treated in the same period of the time.
2) Age & sex incidence;
76.4% were under the age of 6, the greatest number of these being between the age of 1 & 2.
3) Seasonal incidence;
68.5% were observed during summer and spring.
4) In 24.7% of the 89 tuberculous meningitis cases, the source tuberculous infection was found among their family.
5) PPD skin test was positive in 38%.
6) Lungs were clear in 40.4% and miliary tuberculous were found in 13.5% of chest X-rays.
7) The recovery without sequelae occurred in 65.2%.
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