Comparison of oral and tympanic temperatures in a Veterans Administration outpatient clinic.

Background: To examine the accuracy of noncontact tympanic (NCT) temperatures in outpatients, we conducted a prospective study comparing NCT temperature with temperatures obtained by oral mercury thermometers.

Methods: The study included 410 patients in whom oral and NCT temperatures were obtained.

Results: Mean oral temperature was 36.

Streptococcal meningitis complicating diagnostic myelography: three cases and review.

Bacterial meningitis is a rare complication of myelography. Most reported cases are due to miscellaneous streptococci, but the source of these organisms is uncertain. The differential diagnosis of chemical meningitis caused by the contrast material vs.