Interleukin 6 activity in infants and children with bacterial meningitis. The Collaborative Study on Meningitis.

Concentrations of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of infants and children with bacterial meningitis were determined and correlations were sought with other indices of inflammation and with outcome. Forty-two patients ages 1 month to 15 years (mean, 2.5 years) were studied.

Clinical and microbiological evaluation of miocamycin activity against group A beta-hemolytic streptococci in pediatric patients. Three years' incidence of erythromycin-resistant group A streptococci.

The authors have evaluated the incidence of Group A streptococci, and the prevalence of erythromycin-resistant strains in the years 1985/86/87 at the I.C.P.

Treatment of lower urinary tract infections in children: single dose fosfomycin trometamol versus pipemidic acid.

Fifty-one children suffering from symptomatic and asymptomatic recurrent urinary tract infections were treated at random in a comparative study. A single dose of 2 g fosfomycin trometamol was administered to 24 children (2 males and 22 females, mean age 6.7 +/- 3.