Author(s): ZHANG Na-na
Pages: 118-119,133
Year: 2016 Issue:  1
Journal: China Foreign Medical Treatment
Keyword:  Atypical purulent meningitis in newborns; Clinical characteristics; Retrospective analysis; Symptom;
Abstract: Objective To discuss the clinical characteristics of 26 cases with Atypical purulent meningitis in newborns. Methods The clinical materials of 26 cases with rare atypical purulent meningitis in newborns treated in our hospital from February 2013 to April 2015 were retrospectively analyzed and the clinical performance, diagnostic method, treatment method and treatment effect of the patients were analyzed. Results The clinical symptoms of atypical purulent meningitis in newborns at the initial stage were not obvious, the correct diagnosis was difficult to be made by laboratory examination, the difference in cerebrospinal fluid examination results between atypical purulent meningitis in newborns and typical purulent meningitis, the difficulty in the clinical diagnosis of the disease was big; after the symptomatic treatments of anti-infection, lowering intracranial pressure, adrenaline and anticonvulsants, all patients were cured and discharged without death cases, after treatment, 3 cases were with neurological sequelae, including 1 case with subdural effusion, 1 case with epilepsia. Conclusion The clinical symptoms of atypical purulent meningitis in newborns were not typical and prone to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, and the clear research of the clinical characteristics of atypical purulent meningitis in newborns can provide reliable basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment in order to improve the treatment effects, decrease the death rate and improve the prognosis of patients.