Objective: To investigate the short-course and efficient way to treat mumps meningitis.
Methods: Totally 155 cases of mumps meningitis treated by intrathecal injection with dexamethasone only once were enrolled as experimental group and 55 similar cases treated with the common therapy as control.
Results: The time for recoveries of temperature, headache, the pathologic reflexes and the total time of treatment were 32 hours, 15 hours, 12 hours and 3.1 days, respectively, while those of the control group were 58 hours, 24 hours, 32 hours, 6.5 days respectively. There was statistical difference between the two groups (P<0.01 or 0.05).
Conclusions: Intrathecal injection with dexamethasone only once is efficient and safe in the treatment of mumps meningitis.