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Meningitis, Pneumococcal

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An acute purulent infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, most prevalent in children and adults over the age of 60. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.20390, 1959-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20390
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, notes and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: pneumococcal meningitis; thrombophlebitis; earache; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1960