| childhood bacterial meningitis in al-baha province, saudi arabia. | a retrospective review of 71 paediatric patients admitted with bacterial meningitis to the king fahad hospital at al-baha, saudi arabia, during an 8-year period revealed a preponderance of males (67.6%) and young subjects with 88.7% being below 24 months of age. the commonest cerebrospinal fluid pathogens in the series were haemophilus influenzae type b (hib), streptococcus pneumoniae and group b-beta haemolytic streptococcus, which were responsible for 47.3, 34.5 and 9.1% of cases respectively. ... | 1992 | 1597873 |