Hassan Asghar, Khurram Shehzad, Nimrah Ishaque.
Prevalence of Bacterial Meningitis in Children aging from 2 months to 14 years, in Pediatric Ward of General Hospital, Lahore.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(1):579-81.

Background: World wise two third of the cases of meningitis occur below the age of 15 years. Bacterial meningitis is rare, but can be deadly. It usually starts with bacteria that cause a cold-like infection Objective: To get to know the prevalence of meningitis among children of age 2 month to 14 year. Material & Methods: A hospital cross sectional study was conducted in General Hospital Lahore. All those children in the age group between 02 months of 14 years having clinical suspicion of meningitis and cerebrospinal findings suggestive of meningitis i.e, > 10�106 WBC/L and/or CSF sugar <40mg% or (<50% of the circulating blood sugar) and/or CSF protein >80mg% were included in the study. Results: The CSF cultures were positive in 52% of cases and negative in 48% of cases . The three most common pathogens isolated were Streptococcus Pneumonia 25% cases, Neisseriae Meningitides 20% cases and Hemophilus influenza B 29% cases Conclusion: Bacterial meningitis is the major cause of morbidity in children below the age of 5 years. S Pneumonia, N Meningitides and H Influenza are the three most common etiology of Bacterial Meningitis.

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