coidosis of the penis treated by radiotherapy.

Escherichia coli meningitis and disseminated strongyloidiasis Sir: Escherichia coli is a rare cause of menin-gitis in adults, and has a high mortality rate.'-It is particularly associated with cranial trauma and neurosurgical procedures, " but spontaneous cases have been reported in an older age group often with a background of diabetes or alcohol abuse.4 We describe a patient in whom E coli meningitis occurred as a manifestation of disseminated stron-gyloidiasis. The patient, a 65 year old Indian man, was transferred to the Neurological Unit for investigation of neck stiffness, pyrexia an