a bacteriological study of meningitis in pediatric patients in ahwaz,lran

of 164 cerebral spinal fl uid s amples received, 100 or 60 .9% were f rom pati ent s wi t h s uspected bacteria l meningi t is . the positive cul t ure r ate f or a l 1 the samples was 24' or 40% if on l y t he csf sample s from menigi t is patients are included. the most common caus e of menigitis in the newborn wa s the gram negative b a c i l l i . etiological agents i n i nfants from two month s t o three yea r s i ncluded hemophilus.