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To the Editor: Of the 493 episodes of acute bacterial meningitis in adults described by Durand et al. (Jan. 7 issue),¹ 52 episodes were included because of a compatible clinical picture plus pleocytosis with at least 100 neutrophils per cubic millimeter, despite negative Gram's staining of cerebrospinal fluid and negative cultures of blood and cerebrospinal fluid. We think that there are two important points that deserve consideration in relation to the culture-negative episodes. First, in regard to episodes diagnosed after intradural surgical procedures, one also has to consider the possibilities of the posterior cranial fossa syndrome, or aseptic meningitis. This . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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