Meningitis epidemiology

Bacterial meningitis is the most common cause of CNS infections. An epidemiologic review of bacterial meningitis in 1995 revealed that Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) was the most common pathogen (47%), followed by Neisseria... 

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The three most likely pathogens of bacterial meningitis in the United States are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Hemophilus influenzae, although routine vaccination may cause a change in the epidemiology in the years to come. 

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Kyaw MH, Christie P, Jones IG, Campbell H. The changing epidemiology of bacterial meningitis and invasive non-meningitic bacterial disease in Scotland during the period 1983-99. Scand J Inject Dis. 2002 34(4) 289-298. 

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