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REPORT OF THREE CASES IN WHICH THE PATIENTS RECOVERED

MURRAY B. GORDON, M.D.; ABRAHAM M. LITVAK, M.D.; VICTOR CARONNA, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1937;53(6):1447-1456.

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Purulent involvement of the central nervous system is an infrequent complication in cases of scarlet fever. Including the ones reported by us, there were only 74 reported cases of suppurative meningitis in 59,254 cases of scarlet fever, an incidence of less than 1 per cent (table 1). The occurrence of abscess of the brain is much rarer than this.¹

At the Kingston Avenue Hospital 15 instances of suppurative meningitis and 2 of abscesses of the brain occurred in 5,843 cases of scarlet fever from 1931 to 1935, inclusive. Two of the children with streptococcic meningitis and 1 with abscess of the brain recovered. We have been able to collect from the literature 8 other cases of recovery from meningitis with this disease 2 (table²).

Studies of the incidence of streptococcic meningitis without reference to any accompanying disease have been made by Rosenberg and Nuttley,³ Felsen and Osofsky . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Kingston Avenue Hospital, department of hospitals, New York City, services of Dr. Murray B. Gordon and Dr. Harold L. Barnes.

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