| pattern and antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria in pyogenic meningitis in a children's emergency room population in maiduguri, nigeria, 1988-1992. | from january 1988 to november 1992, 107 (3.5%) of 3074 postneonatal children admitted to the children's emergency room, university of maiduguri teaching hospital, nigeria, had sporadic pyogenic meningitis; 66 (61.7%) were aged < or = 12 months. streptococcus pneumoniae, neisseria meningitidis and haemophilus influenzae together were responsible for 77.3% (58) of 75 culture-proven cases, 13.4% (10) had enterobacteriaceae, 5.3% (4) had staphylococcus aureus and 4% (3) untyped alpha-haemolytic stre ... | 1994 | 7949801 |