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NEUROLOGY 1976;26:1180
© 1976 American Academy of Neurology

Acute bacterial meningitis secondary to gamma hemolytic streptococcus

Case report and review of the literature

DONGWUK SHIN, M.D. and PETER A. GROSS, M.D.

From the Department of Medicine, Hackensack Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey, and the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Gamma hemolytic streptococcal meningitis in a 17-year-old boy resulted in a severe purulent reaction and death. Review of the literature shows only one other case of a gamma hemolytic streptococcus as the cause of bacterial meningitis in the absence of endocarditis.

Dr. Gross's address is Infectious Disease Division, Hackensack Hospital, Hospital Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601.

Received for publication March 12, 1976.






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