MUMPS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDREN
MUMPS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDREN
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(58)80063-3
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发表时间:
1958-01-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
RITTER, BS
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作者:
RITTER, BS
In this paper the author summarizes his experience of mumps meningo-encephalitis occurring in children under 14 years of age. The number of patients suffering from this illness was 30, the average age being 7.4 years and males constituting 19 of the total. Cases occurred at all seasons but were most prevalent in the spring and summer, and the interesting point emerged that meningo-encephalitis with parotitis was most frequent in the spring and meningo-encephalitis without parotitis was most frequent in the summer. Those in the latter group numbered 13, the diagnosis being made by serological methods. In the 17 associated with parotitis the salivary gland swelling appeared at intervals ranging from 9 days before to 5 days after the meningo-encephalitis. Sublingual, submaxillary or testicular involvement were absent in all 30 patients. Abdominal pain was a persistent and severe feature in 4 instances and after serum amylase determinations 3 patients were considered to have mumps pancreatitis. The degree of illness was assessed as negligible in 2, mild in 7, moderate in 17 and severe in 4, 2 of the last mentioned suffering from generalized convulsions.Treatment was principally symptomatic and supportive, adreno-corticotrophic hormone given to 2 children producing no measurable effect on the course of the disease. Sequelae appeared in the shape of staring spells in a 6-year-old boy 2 years after convalescence. Serological evidence of mumps infection requires the demonstration of significant differences in antibody titres in paired sera, one drawn early and the other late in the disease. However, this author claims that in 60% of cases of subsequently proved mumps meningo-encephalitis a presumptive diagnosis of mumps infection can be made from the antibody titres of the first serum sample, provided the anti-S antibody titre is significantly higher than the anti-V antibody.A. Joe.