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H Aman

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Benzylpenicillin-induced neutropenia.

Neutropenia is a potentially serious complication of parenteral benzylpenicillin administration. It is thought to occur more frequently in patients receiving infusions of stored penicillin solutions. We report three cases of neutropenia produced after bolus injections of freshly prepared benzylpenicillin. Twenty-five other cases were reviewed from the literature and the data summarized.

Adolescent↗

Bacterial meningitis in Saudi children.

During the four years period from 1988 to 1991, 50 pediatric patients were diagnosed to have bacterial meningitis, out of a total number of 9057 pediatric admissions at Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia, and 82% were less than two years of age. The causative organisms were isolated in 27 (54%) patients. The bacteria grown included Haemophilus influenzae type B in 8 patients (29.6%), Neisseria meningitidis in 8 patients (29.6%), Streptococcus pneumonia in 6 (22%) patients, and other bacteria in 5 patients (18.5%). Cerebro spinal fluid cultures from twenty three patients (46%) showed no organisms, however their clinical and C.S.F. findings were compatible with bacterial meningitis. One case of H. influenzae type B was resistant to ampicillin. Six patients died with an over all mortality of 12%, and 10 patients (20%) developed some kind of C.N.S. sequelae. Partially treated meningitis formed a large percentage of our sample.

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