Successful meropenem therapy of a brain abscess and meningitis arising from acute purulent otomastoiditis: case report.

We describe a case of a 25-year-old female with an acute left otomastoiditis, accompanied by a left temporal extradural abscess with moderate perifocal edema and meningitis. Intravenous meropenem (2 g 8-hourly) and intravenous methylprednisolone (40 mg once daily) were commenced empirically. Teicoplanin (400 mg once daily intravenously) was added after 5 days when culture results were available.

Hemophilus influenzae type b meningitis: pediatric overview.

The authors valued the incidence and clinical therapeutic aspects of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis in children. They report a retrospective study, in children, with diagnosis of acute purulent meningitis, from January 1982 to December 1994, aged between 1 month and 14 years. Particular attention was direct to Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis (20 cases).

[Clarithromycin in pediatric age. Personal experience].

The authors report their experience on the use of oral suspension of Clarithromycin in respiratory infections in the pediatric age. Thirty-three patients affected by various infectious pathologies of the respiratory tract, treated with oral Clarithromycin at the dosage of 15 mg/kg/day, were studied. The therapeutic outcome was very encouraging, the drug well tolerated and without side effects.