title: Etiology of acute bacterial meningitis in hospitalized children in western Uttar Pradesh.
abstract: We retrospectively studied clinical and etiological profile of acute bacterial meningitis in hospitalized children for two consecutive years at a pediatric hospital in western Uttar Pradesh. Etiological diagnosis could be made in 30 (44.8%) out of 67 cases with either culture or latex agglutination test. Pneumococcus was the commonest pathogen found in 17 (25.4%) cases. The overall mortality was 10.5%.
authors.forename: Vipin M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Vashishtha
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: T Jacob
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies