[Etiology of bacterial meningitis in a cohort from Salvador, Bahia].
Bacterial meningitis remains a very important disease world-wide, mainly during childhood. In order to describe the etiology of bacterial meningitis among some children in Salvador, Bahia-Brazil, we retrospectively reviewed 7000 cerebrospinal fluid exams, performed within the period of September 1988 up to August 1995, at the CSF Laboratory, José Silveira Foundation; 892(12.7%) exams met the inclusion criteria; patients less than 16 years of age and clinical meningitis diagnosis. Among 139 cases of bacterial meningitis, H. influenzae type b (Hib) was the most frequent cause (26.0%), all of the cases in children under 5 years. We have been questioning whether the declining Hib disease trend since 1992 has been associated with the use of Hib conjugate vaccines among those children.
Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines