细菌性脑膜炎在入院前一周内接受过不适当的抗菌素治疗,或抗菌素虽适当但给药的剂量、途径不当者,称为预先用抗菌素治疗或部分治疗。作者对此种病人与入院前未经抗菌素治疗的病人,分别测定了其脑脊液中的细菌数量并进行了比较研究。乙型流感杆菌脑膜炎共68例(细菌培养 Bacterial meningitis has received inappropriate antibiotic treatment within a week prior to admission, or the dose of antibiotic, but not the proper route of administration, is referred to as premedication or partial treatment with antibiotics. The authors measured the number of bacteria in their cerebrospinal fluid and compared those patients with those who had not been treated with antibiotics before admission. A total of 68 cases of influenza B meningitis (bacterial culture