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Acute Benign Mononuclear Meningitis 1
Author(s) -
JACOBSSON ERIK
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1932.tb03555.x
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , pediatrics , poliomyelitis , surgery , pathology
Summary Following a brief review of our present knowledge of acute benign mononuclear meningitis an account is given of 25 cases treated at the Gothenburg Children's Hospital since 1922 and a brief summary is appended of the case histories for the cases reported during the past 15 years. (For cases before 1929 reference may be made to Gunther's work.) The relations of the disease to especially poliomyelitis and encephalitis are discussed, it being claimed that no absolutely certain connexion between them has hitherto been demonstrated. The experiences gained from the present material likewise give no reliable support for such a connexion. The disease is not characterized by any specific sex‐ or age‐distribution. Nor is the accumulation of cases in the autumn or spring cited by some authors confirmed by this material, which is distributed fairly uniformly over the whole year. As a rule, the course of the disease is very rapid and benign, both in respect of subjective and objective symptoms. There is no specific therapy, and nor is any necessary. Sulphathiazol and similar preparations can no doubt be avoided as a rule without being missed. The disease does not give rise to any future detriment in spite of the presence of minor symptoms of suppression in some cases.