TY  - JOUR
T1  - FAilure of response to ampicillin in hemophilus influenzae meningitis
AU  - Sanders DY, Garbee H
Y1  - 1969/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030333016
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 331
EP  - 333
VL  - 117
IS  - 3
N2  - BACTERIOLOGIC relapse in patients with meningitis due to Hemophilus influenzae treated with ampicillin has recently been recorded.1-4 This report presents a patient with H influenzae meningitis who failed to respond to accepted ampicillin therapy.Report of a Case 
    A 21-month-old Negro boy was referred to the North Carolina Baptist Hospital because he had a febrile illness for three days' duration which had not responded to treatment with penicillin. On admission his temperature was 103 F (39.4 C). He was above the 50th percentile for height and weight. He was lethargic but not critically ill. There were classical clinical manifestations of meningitis. Hemoglobin value was 6.5 gm/100 ml, and the hematocrit reading was 28%. Dietary history, morphology of the peripheral smear, and red blood cell indices indicated an iron deficiency anemia. However, the patient was given a transfusion of packed cells before a serum iron or iron binding capacity was
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030333016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1969.02100030333016
ER  -