PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lindenbaum, Jeffrey
TI  - Antimicrobial Agents for Bacterial Meningitis
DP  - 1974 Jul 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 121--121
VI  - 54
IP  - 1
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/54/1/121.2.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/54/1/121.2.full
SO  - Pediatrics1974 Jul 01; 54
AB  - I was a little disturbed by a sentence in the otherwise informative article, "Bacterial Meningitis: A Symposium," by Smith et al. (Pediatrics, 32:586, 1973). In part 5 on the treatment of bacterial meningitis, it is mentioned that ampicillin is the current agent of choice in bacterial meningitis. This might leave the false impression that ampicillin is the agent of choice for the entire treatment course when in fact this is probably incorrect. Ampicillin appears to be the initial agent of choice pending results of culture and sensitivity and may be the agent of choice in Hemophilus influenzae meningitis.