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KMID : 0377619730240040421
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1973 Volume.24 No. 4 p.421 ~ p.426
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Clinical Study of Meningitis
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Abstract
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Total 62 meningitis cases since 1958 to 1971 are analyzed. T.B. origin are 13 cases,. bacterial 4, syphilitic 3, toxic 1, and unknown origin 41 cases.
Age is mainly 2nd and 3rd decades. Male female ratio is approximately equal. Duration of the disease is mainly 1 month, esp. within 2 weeks.
The main symptoms are headache, fever, vomiting, stupor, nausea, and dizziness and main signs are stiff neck, Kernig sign, weak deep reflexes, Babinski sign, and semi-coma.
The cerebrospinal fluid showed often confusing picture for T. B. meningitis. Medications for both T. B. and bacterial meningitis together resulted in about 67. 7% improvement (probably cure) and the worsening or expiring cases are those who were too late for treatment.
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