RESUMO
The aim of this work was to study the prevalence, clinical presentation, outcome of patients with H. influenza meningitis and to determine the efficacy and safety of new therapeutic regimens that could be used in the treatment of the disease and test the susceptibility of the isolates to different antibiotics. During the period from January 1982 to December 2001, 472 children with H. influenza meningitis were admitted to El-Abbassia Fever Hospital, Meningitis Ward in Cairo. The study indicated that H. influenzae is the main causative organism in Egypt accompanied high morality and morbidity rates. Although there has been no increase in the number of cases over the year, a steady increase in the resistance to the traditional drugs has occurred. Thus, it was recommended to use third generation cephalosporins for treatment and Hib vaccines in children