Meningococcemia

Abstract

In the three cases of meningococcemia reported, none of the children received any chemotherapeutic agent or serum and each recovered. Bactericidal power developed in the blood of each patient to his infecting strain of meningococcus during the course of his illness. In two patients the strain was type II and in one patient, type I. Clinical evidence is presented which supports the contention thatother factors than the type of therapy used are responsible for recovery from meningococcal infection. In the three cases of meningococcemia reported, none of the children received any chemotherapeutic agent or serum and each recovered. Bactericidal power developed in the blood of each patient to his infecting strain of meningococcus during the course of his illness. In two patients the strain was type II and in one patient, type I. Clinical evidence is presented which supports the contention thatother factors than the type of therapy used are responsible for recovery from meningococcal infection.