E. Brakeley
Jul 1, 1950
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The Journal of pediatrics
Abstract
Summary A 3-year-old Negro child with severe influenzal meningitis was treated witha new antibiotic, Polymyxin B (aerosporin), which was given four times intrathecally and for eleven days intramuscularly with apparent complete recovery. Previous to this treatment, for thirty-six hours she had been given streptomycin, penicillin, and sulfadiazine. No toxic effects were noted except a moderate unsteadiness in gait and this disappeared completely in a few weeks.