[Economic and social policies and the health of the Dominican child: a research approach].
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Fourteen cases of intestinal pneumotosis were found in a review of 1 477 plain abdomen X-ray films taken because of different conditions. These 14 cases were associated in most instances with septicemia, gastroenteritis and paralytic ileus. The mortality was high. The treatment should be directed to the management of the primary condition: intestinal pneumatosis, septicemia, gastroenteritis, paralytic ileus.
A 32-year old man without immunodepression developed sinusitis followed by acute pyogenic meningitis and beta-hemolytic Streptococcus group F bacteremia. Amplicillin treatment produced a favorable outcome with sequela of righ neurosensorial deafness. Beta-hemolytic Streptococcus group F meningitis, sinusitis and bacteremia is a rare association.