Princeton university's problem with meningitis and the search for a cure brought to my mind the time I had meningitis. I was in the navy (World War II) and on the day I completed radar school I came down with spinal meningitis. I was treated in the San Diego Naval Hospital.
I was given sulfadiazene and penicillin, the sulfa being a specific for meningitis and the penicillin to treat any bacterial infection that struck.
Years after leaving the navy I saw in my medical records that I was first diagnosed as having viral meningitis, later changed to bacterial. I was told antibiotics are not effective against viral attacks but vaccinations are usually effective.
Let's hope this once rare ailment does not become resistant to our treatments. I learned at our class reunion that one member had meningitis twice.
I was given sulfadiazene and penicillin, the sulfa being a specific for meningitis and the penicillin to treat any bacterial infection that struck.
Years after leaving the navy I saw in my medical records that I was first diagnosed as having viral meningitis, later changed to bacterial. I was told antibiotics are not effective against viral attacks but vaccinations are usually effective.
Let's hope this once rare ailment does not become resistant to our treatments. I learned at our class reunion that one member had meningitis twice.
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