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1/4. Antibody response to infection in multiple myeloma. Implications for vaccination.

    We report the humoral immune response of a patient with multiple myeloma to rapidly successive episodes of meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis. Specific antibody responses included a high bactericidal titer (1:640) against the infecting meningococcus and a sharp increase (from 198 to 8,097 ng/ml antibody nitrogen) in antibody to the type-specific capsular polysaccharide of the infecting pneumococcus. These data, showing the production of protective antibodies against the two pathogens, suggest that some patients with multiple myeloma might also respond to appropriately administered bacterial vaccines. This fact should be ascertained because vaccination could potentially reduce the high rate of bacterial infections associated with this disease.
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2/4. Cerebrospinal otorrhea and recurring meningitis: report of three cases.

    Recurrent attacks of meningitis occurring independent of a systemic bacterial infection should be considered as a cerebrospinal leak either otorrhea or rhinorrhea. Three cases each with a different cause were diagnosed chiefly on the basis of the history and a bulging noninflammatory eardrum. Subsequent use of fluorescein intrathecally not only helped to confirm the diagnosis but was very useful at surgery in locating the leak in the dura of the oval window of the ear. Many materials have been used but autogenous temporal fascia or fascia lata seemed to be most effective in these cases. The sandwiching of the dura between two pieces of fascia is not only realistic but was found to be very effective. One piece of fascia between the arachnoid and dura and another between the dura and bone give a tight seal.
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3/4. Should hyposplenic patients receive prophylaxis against bacterial infection?

    The risk of overwhelming septicaemia, most commonly due to encapsulated organisms, is well recognised post-splenectomy. Although a similar risk is documented in hyposplenic patients, many physicians do not routinely give prophylaxis here. We report the case of a 41 year old woman with adult onset coeliac disease who developed pneumococcal meningitis resulting in severe residual disability and suggest that prophylaxis should be given to such individuals who have evidence of reduced splenic function.
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4/4. Eubacterial approach to the diagnosis of bacterial infection.

    Computed tomography revealed a frontal empyema in an 8 month old boy who presented with a prolonged convulsion. Before admission he had received oral antibiotics and all specimens were negative on culture. The presence of bacteria in cerebrospinal and empyema fluid was demonstrated using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with 16S rRNA gene primers. A presumptive identification of streptococcus pneumoniae was made by comparison of PCR products with those derived from known bacteria using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
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