Meningitis in children of Dhofar region

ABSTRACT

Twenty children were confirmed to have contracted acute bacterial meningitis in one year. The CSF of 70% of them grew organisms and they were mainly H.influenzae. Meningococcus disease was not a problem in this study and there was no sensational variation in the incidence pattern. All organisms isolated were sensitive to the third generation cephalosporins but two were resistant to chloramphenicol