title: [The analysis of the incidence of meningitis in children].
abstract: The aim of the study is to present the results of epidemiological investigation in 142 infants and young children who suffered from meningitidis in the years 1987-1995. The most frequent cause of the disease was bacterial infection. The bacterial factors have been identified in 49% of those cases. Neisseria meningitidis was found to be most common bacteria that was responsible for the disease.
authors.affiliation: IV Katedry i Kliniki Pediatrii, Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Buszman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sada-Cieślar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cichos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poliszuk-Siedlecka
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies