| bacterial meningitis in saudi arabia: the impact of haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination. | bacterial meningitis is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in children. a retrospective chart review of all cases of culture-proven bacterial meningitis in children was conducted in a tertiary care facility in the king fahad national guard hospital (kfngh), riyadh. sixty-seven patients with culture-proven meningitis were reviewed. bacterial meningitis is more common in children under 2 years of age (85%). haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) was the most common organism causing me ... | 2001 | 11434527 |