title: Chloramphenicol-resistant bacterial meningitis in Malawi.
abstract: Three recent cases of chloramphenicol-resistant pyogenic meningitis are reported from Malawi. The implications of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b causing childhood meningitis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brewster
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malisita
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kauye
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Machili
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Subramanyam
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance; D005260:Female; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects