| [clinical features and evaluation of initial antibiotic treatment in 125 cases with purulent meningitis in infancy and childhood]. | a survey of purulent meningitis in infancy and childhood from 1980 through 1986 was made by sending questionnaires to 32 pediatric institutions in aichi, gifu and shizuoka prefectures. case cards of 125 patients were collected and analyzed. the results are summarized as follows: 1. the sex ratio (male/female) was 1.78. the age distribution for all patients was as follows: younger than 1 month, 24.8%; 1-12 months, 32.8%; 1 year, 19.2%; 2-5 years, 16.0%; older than 6 years, 7.2%. nearly 3/4 of all ... | 1991 | 1880912 |