A new strategy of fight against meningococcal meningitis epidemics in Sahelian Africa

• Published in: Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales Vol. 71; no. 1; p. 34
• Main Authors: Saliou, P, Rey, J L, Stoeckel, P H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.01.1978
• Subjects: Bacterial Vaccines; Burkina Faso; Chloramphenicol - therapeutic use; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks - therapy; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans; Mali; Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis; Meningitis, Meningococcal - drug therapy; Meningitis, Meningococcal - prevention & control; Meningitis, Meningococcal - therapy; Serologic Tests; Sulfanilamides - therapeutic use; Vaccination; Burkina Faso; Mali

An acquired sulfamido-resistance to menigococcus having appeared, the authors propose a single injection of a cheap and efficient antibiotic, chloram-phenicol, suspended in oil for cerebrospinal meningitis treatment. This treatment has been successfully applied at the Bobo-Dioulasso hospital (recove...